Flowchart In Health Care

Administrative information: Information used for administrative and healthcare operation purposes, such as billing and quality oversight.
Advance directive: A legal, written document that describes the patient's preferences regarding future healthcare or stipulates the person who is authorized to make medical decisions in the event the patient is incapable of communicating his or her preference.
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA):An economic stimulus package enacted by the 111th United States Congress in February 2009; signed into law by President Obama on February 17th, 2009; an unprecedented effort to jumpstart the economy, create/save millions of jobs, and put a down payment on addressing long-neglected challenges.
Ancillary
Expressed consent: The spoken or written permission granted by a patient to a healthcare provider that allows the provider to perform medical or surgical services.
Financial data: The data collected for the purpose of managing the assets and expenses of a business
Flowchart: A graphic tool that uses standard symbols to visually display detailed information, including time and distance, of the sequential flow of work of an individual or a product as it progresses through a process.
History: Part of a patient's medical record; a summary of the patient's illness provided by the patient and documented by the attending physician.
Hospitalist: Physicians employed by teaching hospitals to play the role that admitting physicians fulfill in hospitals that are not affiliated with medical training programs/
Imaging report: Radiologists' written interpretations of imaging procedures such as X-ray examinations, CT scans, MRI and positron-emission tomography.
Implied consent: The type of permission that is inferred when a patient voluntarily submits to
Labor and delivery record: Health record documentation that takes the place of an operative report for patients who give birth in the obstetrics department of an acute care hospital.
Laboratory report: The analysis of a laboratory procedure, generated automatically by electronic testing equipment or written by a medical technologist or other specialist.
Living will: A directive that allows an individual to describe in writing the type of healthcare that he or she would not like to receive.
Master patient index (MPI): A patient-identifying directory referencing all patients related to an organization and which also serves as a link to the patient record or information, facilitates patient identification, and assists in maintaining a longitudinal patient record from birth to death.
Medical staff bylaws: Standards governing the practice of medical staff members.
Medication administration record (MAR):The records used to document the date and time each dose and type of medication is administrated to a patient.
Neurology report: Report describing the neurological status of