Glossary
Clinical and practice-management terms, explained simply.
Plain definitions for the terminology private practices run into when choosing or setting up an EHR - no jargon, no sales pitch.
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Care gap
A care gap is a piece of recommended clinical care that a patient hasn't yet received, such as an overdue monitoring test or a missed…
Clinical audit
A clinical audit is a systematic review of clinical practice against a defined standard, used to check that care is being delivered…
Clinical coding
Clinical coding is the practice of recording diagnoses, findings, procedures and other clinical information using a standardised…
Clinical register
A clinical register is a list of patients who share a coded diagnosis or condition, such as everyone with a diabetes diagnosis, generated…
CQC registration
Any independent clinic in England providing a regulated activity, including most forms of private GP and specialist consultation, must…
Cyber Essentials Plus
Cyber Essentials Plus is a UK government-backed cyber security certification that requires independent technical testing of an…
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Electronic health record (EHR)
An electronic health record is the digital equivalent of a patient's clinical notes: consultations, problems, medications, allergies,…
Electronic prescribing (e-prescribing)
Electronic prescribing is the process of generating, checking and issuing a prescription digitally, typically within the clinical system…
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NHS Data Security and Protection Toolkit (DSPT)
The Data Security and Protection Toolkit (DSPT) is the self-assessment framework NHS England uses to check that an organisation handling…
NHS dm+d
The NHS Dictionary of Medicines and Devices (dm+d) is the standard reference for medicines and appliances used across UK healthcare…
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Patient portal
A patient portal is a secure, patient-facing area, usually accessed online, where patients can view parts of their record, complete…
Patient recall
A patient recall is a scheduled reminder that a patient is due for a specific piece of follow-up, such as a medication review, a monitoring…
Practice management software
Practice management software handles the operational side of running a clinic: appointment scheduling, patient records at an administrative…
Prescribing alert
A prescribing alert is a warning shown to a clinician when a system detects a potential issue with a prescription, such as a known allergy,…
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Self-pay billing
Self-pay billing describes a private healthcare business model where the patient pays directly for their care, as opposed to billing an…
Shared care
Shared care describes an arrangement where responsibility for a patient's ongoing treatment is split between two providers, commonly a…
SNOMED CT
SNOMED CT (Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine, Clinical Terms) is the clinical terminology standard used across the NHS and adopted…
Structured clinical data
Structured clinical data is information recorded in a defined, machine-readable format, such as a coded diagnosis or a numeric observation,…
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