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The science and art of the diagnosis and treatment of disease and the maintenance of health.  

A written order by a physician, dentist, or other authorized individual for a medication (either a prescription drug or a nonprescription drug;) to be given to a specific inpatient. A similar order written for a prescription drug for an outpatient or outside the hospital is a ”drug prescription.” For a nonprescription drug (an over-the-counter drug),…

An experimental program in 15 states in which Medicare beneficiaries purchase a type of Medicare supplement insurance product which covers supplemental services, but only if they are provided by designated preferred providers. Medicare SELECT was made possible by federal legislation in 1990 (OBRA) which permitted the program to be tested for a period of 3…

An organizational concept allowing businesses or labor unions to distribute Medicare funds to retired employees. By targeting a specific group of retirees, it is hoped that costs can be lowered through the use of managed care.  

The board, advisory to the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA), which reviews applications from hospitals for their classification into one of the three tiers of reimbursement levels available to hospitals under Medicare.  

A1995 HCFA demonstration project for providing care to Medicare beneficiaries in new and innovative ways. The project involves a selected group of HMOs, PPOs, POS options, integrated delivery systems, and primary care case management systems in various parts of the U.S. The goals are to provide Medicare beneficiaries with more delivery system choices and to…

The annual authority list for the subject analysis of the biomedical literature in the National Library of Medicine (NLM). The list is divided into two sections, an alphabetical list of the subjects along with their reference code numbers (MeSH numbers), and a “tabular list,” called a “tree structure,” in which the subjects are categorized and…

A person who carries out certain technical duties with respect to medical records. The MRTs formal training is somewhat less than for the medical record administrator (MRA). An allied health professional for whom the American Medical Association’s Committee on Allied Health Education and Accreditation (CAHEA) has accredited education programs. A technician who assists the medical…

The allied health profession dealing with medical records. Medical record science concerns record content, medical terminology, medical classification (process), medical record administration, medicolegal aspects, information retrieval, and the like.  

A general term covering professionals with credentials such as medical record administrator (MRA), medical record technician (MRT), registered record administrator (RRA), accredited record technician (ART), and the like.