access

ac·cess (kss)

n.

1. A means of approaching, entering, exiting, or making use of; passage.

2. The space required to view a tooth and manipulate dental instruments to remove decay and prepare the tooth for restoration.

3. The opening in the crown of a tooth necessary to allow adequate admittance to the pulp space to clean, shape, and seal the root canal.

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access

[ak′ses]

a means of approach, such as the space needed for the manipulation of dental or surgical instruments. An example is vascular access in hemodialysis.

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access (ak´ses),

n 1. the means of approach.
n 2. a surgical preparation of hard or soft tissue to allow entrance to a treatment site and adequate space for visualization and instrumentation of the field.

access, cavity,

n a coronal opening required for effective cleaning, shaping, and filling of the pulp space.

access, computer,

n 1. the process of transferring information into or out of a storage location.
n 2. the time required to begin and complete the read and write functions of a specified piece of data.

access flap,

n a periodontal surgical technique that provides visualization of the root in conjunction with curettage and root planing. Types of access flaps include supracrestal, subcrestal-full thickness, and partial thickness flaps. See also flaps, periodontal.

access, form,

n the surgical removal of tooth structure sufficient for visualization and instrumentation of a restorative preparation.

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access

surgical term for the ease of reaching the target organ or site in an operation.

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access

Health care 1. The ability of an individual or group of individuals to obtain health insurance 2. The ability of an individual to obtain adequate or appropriate health care services; the availability of medical care to a Pt, which can be determined by location, transportation, type of medical services in the area, etc. See Direct access, Health care access Intensive care See Vascular access

Access to health care, factors in

Geographic or logistic factors,

eg rural communities have poor access to medical attention, due to a relative lack of providers

Finances

or ability to pay for services and

Other factors:

ethnic, social and psychiatric aspects of the person seeking health care

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Patient discussion about access.

Q. ex-wife works in hospital and accesses my and my familys medical records what can i/we do about this legally this is done without any consent she has computer acess to any records and accesses them upon her own

A. If you are sure of this she is breaking the law...Hippa protects patient right and this is a clear voliation of those right. I suggest you get a copy of the hospitals Right to Privacy , HIPPA paperwork. Then If you can prove this write a letter to hospital admenistration and one to her supervisor and/or director. Let them know you know this is a violation of patient rights and you want it dealt with immediatly or you will seek out legal council. They should responded to your letter in avery timely matter. If you do not have proof discuss with someone in medical record about the "need to know" bases and if ther eis no reason for her to know this information( she could be one tha thas to put it on your records) you would like to be assured she has no access to them and if she is doing a job that would give her the right ask that they please have someone else in the department handle you and your family dure to personal reasons. I encourage you to handle this in a very proffesi