Closed medical files are part of a system the US Navy uses to ensure that medical records remain in the custody of one of their affiliated hospitals at all times.
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∙ 2014-06-20 21:17:32A closed medical chart is one that will no longer be used because the patient is deceased. However, it may be reopened for legal purposes such as for evidence in a court case.
Active ones are patients that are presently coming in regularly or at least somewhat regularly for treatment. Inactive means they haven't been coming in for awhile. Those files are kept for a certain period of time, then discarded if the patient has been told they don't have to return for further treatment.
One reason is that the prostate gland is squeezing the urethra or pee tube closed. A medical doctor is best able to find out why you cant pee.
The law guarding medical peronnel from helping outside a medical facilaty
There is no medical answer for cocaine.
Closed medical files are part of a system the US Navy uses to ensure that medical records remain in the custody of one of their affiliated hospitals at all times.
Closed has the same meaning in medical terms as in lay language. A closed fracture means there is no related opening in the skin. A closed cervix does not have a dilated os.
Active medical files are patients who have been seen in your office within the past year. Inactive medical files are people who have not been seen in your office for over 1 year.
You can't medical records are sealed and private.
A medical transcriptionist turns a dictated medical report to written files
You cannot. Medical transcription files are private and are restricted as bounded by certain laws or regulations. The only way for you to get access to them is if you are a medical transcription provider and a medical facility is under agreement with you in terms of processing those data.
Occluded or atresic may be used to mean closed, depending on the context.
Yes, a person does have a right to their medical files. To obtain them, one can call their doctor's office for a copy. One will have to pick them up and possibly sign for them.
To abstract data from the medical records, simply go to the medical files in question to retrieve the information.
A closed medical chart is one that will no longer be used because the patient is deceased. However, it may be reopened for legal purposes such as for evidence in a court case.
Of course not medical centers are open all the time
Closed fracture of shaft of clavicle