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11Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 — Also know as the Health Care Reform Act, the federal law that overhauled the nation s health care system. Among other things, the law required almost all people to have health insurance or face a tax penalty, offered subsidies and credits to… …
12Patient portal — Patient Portals are healthcare related online applications that allow patients to interact and communicate with their healthcare providers, such as physicians and hospitals. Typically, portal services are available on the Internet at all hours of …
13Patient (disambiguation) — Patient may refer to: *Patient, any person who receives medical attention, care, or treatment *Patient (grammar), in linguistics, the participant of a situation upon whom an action is carried out*In music: ** Patient , a song by Peter Hammill… …
14Care of the Poor by the Church — Care of the Poor by the Church † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Care of the Poor by the Church I. OBJECTS, HISTORY, AND ORGANIZATION A. The care of the poor is a branch of charity. In the narrow sense charity means any exercise of mercy… …
15Care — may be:* Health care, the maintenance of health by the medical professions ** Care of residents, health care provided in a home ** Home care, health care provided in the patient s home * Foster care * Duty of care in tort law * Ethics of care in… …
16Patient Grissel — is a play by Thomas Dekker, Henry Chettle, and William Haughton. It was mentioned in Henslowe s diary in the entry for December 1599. It was first printed in 1603.The play contains Dekker s poem Golden Slumbers (which was adapted by Paul… …
17Patient education — is the process by which health professionals and others impart information to patients that will alter their health behaviors or improve their health status. [http://odphp.osophs.dhhs.gov/pubs/GUIDECPS/text/iv edu.txt] Education providers may… …
18patient — [pā′shənt] adj. [ME pacient < OFr < L patiens, patient, prp. of pati: see PASSION] 1. bearing or enduring pain, trouble, etc. without complaining or losing self control 2. refusing to be provoked or angered, as by an insult; forbearing;… …
19patient — Under Title 11 U.S.C. Section 101: (40A) The term patient means any individual who obtains or receives services from a health care business. (40B) The term patient records means any written document relating to a patient or a record recorded in a …
20Patient information leaflet — Patient information leaflets (PILs) are leaflets containing information about medical conditions, available services, and treatments.AccessibilityThe X PIL service, launched in the UK in November 2005, aimed to replicate these leaflets in more… …
