Bio Med Ch 26&30 Flashcards
Litigation
The act of conducting legal proceedings such as a lawsuit or trial
Assessment
Process of evaluating a patients condition
Demographic
Info can include a persons address, phone number, and work info
Alert
Placed on the inside of a patients record to bring attention to a medical condition or allergy
Registration
Completed by new patient and includes personal info, who is responsible for payment, and insurance info
Forensics
Used to establish the identity of an individual on the basis of scientific methods
What specific info must the dental team receive from the patient before they can provide dental treatment
Patient registration, medical history, and informed consent
What term describes the collection of data to help the dentist make a correct diagnosis
Assessment
The patient record is a permanent document of whom
The dentist
Quality assurance is an important asset of a practice because
It describes the type of care a patient is receiving
The patient should be instructed to enter his or her name on the registration form as
Full first, last name, middle initial
Where would you file the patients registration form
In the front section of the patient record
The dental history section of a health history form provides the dental team with what information
Necessary dental treatment and care
Which medical condition would require an alert sticker to be placed on the inside of a patient record
The patient with an allergy to penicillin
What additional form with a patient complete and sign if he or she were having extensive surgical treatment completed by a specialist
Informed consent form
Excretion
The action by which a drug leaves the body
Superscription
The patients name, address, date, and RX on the prescription
Systemic
A drug that affects a specific system of the body
