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MEDICAL SCIENCES > MEDICAL RESEARCH > MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS

Preferred term

MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS  

Definition

  • SYSTEMS FOR STORING AND DISSEMINATING MEDICAL INFORMATION, SUCH AS HOSPITAL/PATIENT RECORDS AND INFORMATION ABOUT MEDICAL CONDITIONS, DRUGS OR TREATMENTS

Broader concept

Scope note

  • USE THE TERM 'MEDICAL RECORDS' WHEN PATIENT RECORDS ARE SPECIFICALLY REFERRED TO.

History note

  • DEFINITION ADDED JANUARY 2006

URI

https://hasset.ukdataservice.ac.uk/0a8860df-706a-458b-9685-4966442131f4

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