MEDICAL LANGUAGE RELEVANT TO US ALL

We will all be patients at one time or another. Some of us may even become medical professionals. 

Medical terminology is used to describe diagnostic tests, our body's anatomy, health conditions and treatment plans. While these terms may seem complex, they offer medical professionals ways to describe body positions, directions, precise locations and observations with increased accuracy. Understanding how this terminology is used can make this information more accessible to all of us, whichever side of the patient chart we find ourselves on. Many of the word components, anatomical terms and abbreviations you will learn through these modules are also transferable to many other contexts, beyond health care.

Increasingly, machine learning and artificial intelligence is being used to support health professionals in charting patient information. Written notes that once took hours are being captured more efficiently, and technology is making these reports and data more accessible to patients. However, humans still need to be the safeguards of patient health information. The medical teams reviewing patient charts need to use and understand medical terminology with accuracy for patient safety.