medical history
Patient's past conditions
Medical history is a record of a person's past health conditions, treatments, surgeries, allergies, and medications.
Doctors take a medical history before examinations or procedures: The form asked about my family's medical history.
A thorough medical history helps identify risk factors and guides diagnosis.
The term covers both the patient's own health and hereditary conditions in their family.
Indicators of disease
- hospitalizationsPeriods as inpatients
- surgeriesMedical cutting procedures
- allergiesAdverse immune responses
- immunizationsInjections conferring disease resistance
Data shown visually
- documentationWritten proof or instructions
- fileStored collection of data
- electronicRelating to circuitry devices
- paperPressed pulp for writing
archive · EHR · EMR · HIPAA · confidential · release · transfer · portal
Passed through generations
- familialPertaining to relatives
- inheritedReceived from forebears
- DNAHereditary code molecule
- genesUnits of heredity
chromosomes · mutation · carrier · pedigree · recessive · dominant · predisposition · BRCA
Metabolic disorder affecting glucose
- hypertensionChronic elevated arterial pressure
- asthmaChronic lung inflammation
- arthritisInflamed joint disease
- COPDChronic obstructive pulmonary disease
epilepsy · autoimmune · thyroid · long-term · progressive · degenerative · relapsing · remission
Relative difference between things
- prognosisPredicted disease course
- etiologyScience of disease origins
- pathologyStudy of disease processes
- screeningEvaluative selection process
laboratory · imaging · biopsy · workup · referral · specialist · consultation · misdiagnosis
symptoms
Indicators of disease
- hospitalizationsPeriods as inpatients
- surgeriesMedical cutting procedures
- allergiesAdverse immune responses
chart
Data shown visually
- documentationWritten proof or instructions
- fileStored collection of data
- electronicRelating to circuitry devices
paper · archive · EHR · EMR · HIPAA · confidential · release · transfer · portal · summary
hereditary
Passed through generations
genes · chromosomes · mutation · carrier · pedigree · recessive · dominant · predisposition · BRCA · Huntington's
diabetes
Metabolic disorder affecting glucose
- hypertensionChronic elevated arterial pressure
- asthmaChronic lung inflammation
- arthritisInflamed joint disease
COPD · epilepsy · autoimmune · thyroid · long-term · progressive · degenerative · relapsing · remission · management
differential
Relative difference between things
- prognosisPredicted disease course
- etiologyScience of disease origins
- pathologyStudy of disease processes
screening · laboratory · imaging · biopsy · workup · referral · specialist · consultation · misdiagnosis · confirmed
smoking
Inhaling burning tobacco
obesity · sedentary · occupation · hazards · stress · sleep · tobacco · caffeine · behavioral · modifiable
- health recordsvaccination record, vaccination records, immunization record, immunization card, lab results
- medical recordspatient records, chart, patient charts, patient chart, hospital records
- pet documentsvaccination records, health certificate, pet passport, adoption papers, pedigree papers
- preoperative testsblood test, blood tests, blood work, lab work, CBC
- HIPAAHIPAA, PHI, business associate, compliance officer, OCR
- personal datafull name, first name, last name, middle name, date of birth
medical historyphysical examination
Medical evaluation of body
lab results · diagnostic imaging · test results · vital signs · quantitative data
history, medical, historical, histories, medications, medically, nonmedical, biomedical, historicize