MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY IN WEB-BASED PATIENT CORRESPONDENCE
Abstract
As medical care frameworks progressively embrace online patient entries and electronic correspondence, there has been continuous conversation around the fitting utilization of clinical phrasing in correspondence coordinated toward patients. While exact phrasing is significant for clinical precision, a few terms might confound or stress patients without any relevant connection to anything or clarification. This article will look at the contemplations with respect to clinical phrasing in online patient correspondence and contend that a fair methodology is required.
Keywords
Terminology, patients, communication, web-based approach, clinical issues.
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