Introduction To Health Care (mindtap Course List)
Introduction To Health Care (mindtap Course List)
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ISBN: 9780357123072
Author: Lee Haroun, Dakota Mitchell
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 4, Problem 1RQ
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Importance of reading, writing and speaking medical terminologies correctly.

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Whether a trainee practitioner, a nursing student, a social care worker, or a doctor's receptionist, it is important to understand medical terminology when working in health care organization.

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The main purpose of medical terminology is to create a standardized language for medical professionals. These terminologies help medical staff to communicate more efficiently and make documentation easier.

This helps staff to save time by ensuring they don’t have to explain complex medical condition in plain English and can focus on the treatment of patients.

It can also help to reduce errors from poor communication or poor documentation this ensures staff can quickly and accurately review a patient’s medical history and begin diagnosing and treating them whilst ensuring staff are aware of any allergies the patient may have.

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Thus, it is necessary to learn medical terminologies for effective communication.

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