Category: S

The theoretical framework explaining how systems consisting of complexs of people and machines (and other essential resources) work together in an orderly fashion to accomplish a given task.  

The international measurement system, commonly referred to as the “metric system.” The SI is used by most of the world, and a transition from the “English system” to SI is underway in the United States.  

A process by which a complex of people and machines (and other essential resources) work together in an orderly fashion to accomplish a given task  

A pattern of signs and symptoms which occur together and form a picture of a given disease. One of the functional components of the body, for example, the respiratory (breathing) system or the circulatory (heart and blood vessels) system.  

An annual meeting under the auspices of the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA).  

A type of statistical process which deals with analysis of a group of individuals with respect to the time intervals between the onset of a given disease, for example, and significant events in its progress, such as cure, recurrence, or death. It is used in evaluating the effectiveness of treatments, for example, and making prognostic…

The title given an individual from the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) who performs on-site inspection and examination of hospitals and other institutions as a part of the accreditation process.  

An allied health professional for whom the American Medical Association’s Committee on Allied Health Education and Accreditation (CAHEA) has accredited education programs. A technologist who assists in many operating room functions, including preparing the patient for surgery, ensuring the sterility of the operating room, operating equipment during surgery, and, in some instances, working as a…

The treatment of disease, injury, or deformity by means of operation, which usually involves the use of instruments, and the removal of body tissues or the rearrangement, rebuilding, or replacement of body structures. Treatment by manipulation is also included under the term “surgery.”  

The head of an office within the Public Health Service (PHS) of the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). The Surgeon General is responsible for administering the quasimilitary corps of commissioned health officers in the PHS, and being a spokesperson for national health concerns. The position dates back to the 1870’s when Congress wished…