Medcin
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From Wikipedia:
Medcin, a system of standardized medical terminology, is a proprietary medical vocabulary and was developed by Medicomp Systems, Inc. Medcin is a point-of-care terminology, intended for use in Electronic Health Record systems.
Link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MEDCIN
From EntEHR1117ADBR:
MEDCIN is a clinical database engine created by Medicomp in 1978 that continues to be expanded and refined by physicians on staff at major medical centers. Some MEDCIN sympts are associated with more than one Symptoms detail forms based upon age and gender.
Medcin Search Tips & Tricks
- Try searching using the Browse feature by body part first.
- If searching from the Search feature, less is better.
The advantage to using Medcin terms when possible in Noteforms is that Medcin are discrete data elements and are therefore reportable. If you ever want to query the data you will want to use Medcin terms.