medical histories
Health documentation files
Medical histories are comprehensive records of a patient's past and present health conditions, treatments, surgeries, allergies, and family health patterns.
Healthcare providers collect this information to inform diagnosis and treatment decisions, since previous conditions often affect current care.
The phrase appears most often in clinical contexts: The nurse took my medical history before the doctor came in.
A thorough medical history includes not just diseases but lifestyle factors, medications, and hereditary conditions that might be relevant.
Able to wait calmly
- examinationMethodical assessment or review
- consultationMeeting seeking expert guidance
- admissionEntry or confession
- dischargeRelease of substance outward
rounds · charting · follow-up · chief complaint · physical exam · vital signs · attending physician · care plan
Curative mental treatment
- surgeryInvasive medical procedure
- chemotherapyAnti-cancer drug treatment
- radiationEnergy propagation through space
- prescriptionMedical dispensing authorization
dosage · regimen · immunotherapy · physiotherapy · rehabilitation · transplantation · dialysis · procedures
Lasting extended period
- persistentContinuing despite difficulty
- ongoingIn progress now
- lifelongLasting entire existence
- degenerativeCausing progressive decline
progressive · relapsing · remission · flare-up · exacerbation · management · monitoring · maintenance
Relative difference between things
- symptomsIndicators of disease
- prognosisPredicted disease course
- assessmentFormal evaluation of worth
- evaluationDetermining worth or quality
pathology · laboratory · imaging · biopsy · screening · etiology · morbidity · mortality
Study of family descent
- pedigreeRecord of descent
- hereditaryPassed through generations
- geneticsScience of hereditary transmission
- inheritanceProperty received from ancestors
bloodline · lineage · ancestors · forebears · relatives · kin · siblings · offspring
Written proof or instructions
- chartsVisual data displays
- filesStored data collections
- case notesProfessional's written observations
- EHRDigital patient documentation
HIPAA · confidentiality · database · registry · consent forms · health information · archives · patient portal
patient
Able to wait calmly
- examinationMethodical assessment or review
- consultationMeeting seeking expert guidance
- admissionEntry or confession
discharge · rounds · charting · follow-up · chief complaint · physical exam · vital signs · attending physician · care plan · triage
therapy
Curative mental treatment
- surgeryInvasive medical procedure
- chemotherapyAnti-cancer drug treatment
- radiationEnergy propagation through space
prescription · dosage · regimen · immunotherapy · physiotherapy · rehabilitation · transplantation · dialysis · procedures · interventions
long-term
Lasting extended period
- persistentContinuing despite difficulty
- ongoingIn progress now
- lifelongLasting entire existence
degenerative · progressive · relapsing · remission · flare-up · exacerbation · management · monitoring · maintenance · complications
differential
Relative difference between things
- symptomsIndicators of disease
- prognosisPredicted disease course
- assessmentFormal evaluation of worth
evaluation · pathology · laboratory · imaging · biopsy · screening · etiology · morbidity · mortality · incidence
genealogy
Study of family descent
- pedigreeRecord of descent
- hereditaryPassed through generations
- geneticsScience of hereditary transmission
inheritance · bloodline · lineage · ancestors · forebears · relatives · kin · siblings · offspring · parentage
documentation
Written proof or instructions
- chartsVisual data displays
- filesStored data collections
- case notesProfessional's written observations
EHR · HIPAA · confidentiality · database · registry · consent forms · health information · archives · patient portal · privacy
- medical recordspatient records, chart, patient charts, patient chart, hospital records
- reference worksencyclopedia, encyclopedias, handbook, dictionaries, reference book
- primary carefamily doctor, family doctors, general practitioner, general practice, primary care
- testimoniestestimonies, survivor stories, eyewitness accounts, witness accounts, witness statements
medical historieslab results
Data from diagnostic analysis
vital signs · physical examinations · diagnostic imaging · test results · imaging studies
medical, histories, medic, medicine, medicines, medicinal, medicinally, medicate, medicated