Glossary
Process impact: This file as a
dictionary of terms defined as they are used during the project.
Writing out the definitions of terms and acronyms here helps keep
other documents more concise and precise. A shared glossary helps
prevent misunderstandings and makes it easier for new team members to
be productive.
Project-specific Terms
- chronome
- [definition needed]
- circadian hyper-amplitude-tension
- [definition needed]
- CHAT
- Acronym for circadian hyper-amplitude-tension.
- clinician
- a health professional engaged in the care of patients, as distinguished from one working in other areas
- an expert clinical physician and teacher
- healthwatch
- [definition needed]
- medical device
- any physical item used in medical treatment, from a cardiac pacemaker to a wheelchair
- nurse clinician
- a registered nurse who has received special training and can perform many of the duties of a physician
- physiological monitoring
- [definition needed]
- prehabilitation
- [neologism]
- Contrast with rehabilitation.
- primary care
-
the medical care received on first contact with the medical system
(before being referred elsewhere)
- primary care provider
-
a physician chosen by or assigned to a patient, who both provides
primary care and acts as a gatekeeper to
control access to other medical services
- rehabilitation
-
restoration, following disease, illness, or injury, of the ability to
function in a normal or near-normal manner
-
the return of function after illness or injury, often with the
assistance of specialized medical professionals
-
the process of restoration of skills by a person who has had an illness
or injury so as to regain maximum self-sufficiency and function in a
normal or as near normal manner as possible
-
the restoration of normal form and function after injury or illness
-
the restoration of the ill or injured patient to optimal functional
level in the home and community in relation to physical, psychosocial,
vocational, and recreational activity
-
the process of restoring a part of the body or a person to near-normal
functioning after an injury or disease
-
Contrast with prehabilitation.
- self-help
- [definition needed]
- specialist, medical specialist
- [definition needed]
- technician, medical office technician
- [definition needed]