medical technologist (redirected from Medical Technologists)

medical technologist.

See clinical laboratory scientist/medical technologist.

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medical [med´ĭ-kal]

pertaining to medicine or to the treatment of diseases; pertaining to medicine as opposed to surgery.

medical assistant a person who, under the direction of a qualified physician, performs a variety of routine administrative and clinical tasks in a physician's office, a hospital, or some other clinical facility.

medical laboratory technician (MLT) see clinical laboratory technician/medical laboratory technician.

medical record administrator one responsible for the indexing, recording, and storage of medical records and reports of patients admitted to hospitals and other health care agencies, and who also prepares reports of births, deaths, transfers, and discharges of patients, and of treatments received.

There are two levels of qualification for the medical record practitioner: Registered Record Administrator (RRA) and Accredited Record Technician (ART). Only those persons who have passed the registration examination of the american health information management association are entitled to use the professional designation of Registered Record Administrator or the job titles of medical record administrator and health record administrator. Only individuals who have passed the accreditation examination of the Association are entitled to use the designation of Accredited Record Technician. Suitable job titles for the RRA might include: Medical Record Administrator; Director, Medical Record Administration Program; Director, Medical Record Services; Instructor; Coordinator; and Research Associate. Suitable job titles for the ART might include: Medical Record Technician; Director; Assistant Director; Supervisor; and Instructor.

medical technologist (MT) clinical laboratory scientist/medical technologist.

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medical

1. pertaining to or emanating from the study or discipline of medicine, in the context of veterinary science in veterinary medicine.

2. a class of diseases that are traditionally treated by medicines rather than by surgery.

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medical ecology

study of the environment and its relationship to a population of animals with respect to the effect of the environment on the diseases of the animals.

problem-oriented medical record

a standardized format for keeping clinical records in a problem-oriented case management system. An early decision is made on what is the nature of the patient's problem or problems and from then on the patient's status with respect to each problem is assessed daily. This has the undeniable advantage that the clinician does not lose sight of the objective with respect to the individual patient. Without this approach there is always an inclination for the clinician to attack the disease and place the patient on a lower priority. The attitude adopted as a result of this approach is very similar to the herd health approach in herd medicine—the objective is the farmer's survival, not the eradication of some bacteria.

medical records

the detailed records, made at the time, of the clinical, clinical pathology and pathology examinations and treatments of each patient, or patient group. The records have importance to the welfare of the patient, and to potential medical research and legal investigations, and to be worth their full value they must be made contemporaneously.

medical technologist

a qualified worker in a paramedical field such as laboratory scientist, veterinary nurse or livestock inspector.