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- Provider
- Any person providing care to a patient.
Source: Medicine V. 2.3 User Manual
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- Provider
- The entity which furnishes health care to a consumer. It includes a professionally licensed practitioner who is authorized to operate a health care delivery facility⎯an individual or defined group of individuals who provides a defined unit of health care services (defined = codable) to one or more individuals at a single session.
Source: Patient Care Encounter V. 1.0 Technical Manual and Visit Tracking V. 2.0 Technical Manual
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- Provider
- Another name for the “Physician” involved in the prescription of a medication (Unit Dose or IV) to a patient.
Source: BCMA V. 3.0 GUI User Manual
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- Provider
- The person who authorized an order. Only users identified as providers who are authorized to write medication orders may be selected.
Source: Pharmacy Benefits Management V. 4.0 Technical Manual/ Security Guide
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- Provider
- Another term for the physician/clinician involved in the prescription of an IV or Unit Dose order for a patient.
Source: Inpatient Medications V. 5.0 Nurse’s User Manual
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