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Patients can be referred to another medical clinic by request. In medicine, referral is the transfer of care for a patient from one clinician or clinic to another by request. [1] [2] Tertiary care is usually done by referral from primary or secondary medical care personnel.
The Spanish Medical Colleges Organization (Organización Médical Colegial or OMC) is a Spanish organization whose purpose is to regulate the Spanish medical profession.The organization comprises the General Council of Official Medical Colleges (Consejo General de Colegios Oficiales de Médicos or CGCOM) and the Spanish regional medical colleges.
Electronic referrals can result in considerable benefits for service providers. Firstly at the patient level, e-referrals ensure significant improvements to follow-up care coordination [4] by the creation of accurate and timely referrals. Medical decisions are enhanced as each provider involved has the full patient information available to them ...
A medical specialty is a branch of medical practice that is focused on a defined group of patients, diseases, skills, or philosophy. Examples include those branches of medicine that deal exclusively with children ( pediatrics ), cancer ( oncology ), laboratory medicine ( pathology ), or primary care ( family medicine ).
This is a list of mnemonics used in medicine and medical science, categorized and alphabetized. A mnemonic is any technique that assists the human memory with information retention or retrieval by making abstract or impersonal information more accessible and meaningful, and therefore easier to remember; many of them are acronyms or initialisms which reduce a lengthy set of terms to a single ...
[1] [8] In 2012, a survey carried out by GFKNOP found that 87% of consultants believed that patients would receive worse treatment as a result of Open Referral. [8] A survey carried out by the Office of Fair Trading found that 7% of GPs saw their role as "making a definite recommendation for a particular choice of facility and/or consultant". [6]
Chirurgiae Magister, Master of Surgery (British and Commonwealth countries medical degree) Caucasian male cardiomyopathy: CMD: cystic medial degeneration: CME: continuing medical education: CML: chronic myelogenous leukemia, also called chronic myeloid leukaemia CMML: chronic myelomonocytic leukemia: CMO: comfort measures only (palliative care ...
Screening, brief intervention and referral to treatment is an evidence-based, public health approach aimed at delivering early intervention and treatment services for individuals at risk of developing substance use disorders (SUDs) and those who have already developed these disorders.