| A | B |
|---|
| Master Patient Index | index of all patients ever treated at a health care facility |
| episode of care | each separate occurance in which a patient receives hospital care |
| outguide | a card or form that replaces a record removed from the files.It shows the new location of the record. |
| serial-unit filing | patient is assigned a new medical record number with each hospital encounter, and old records are filed under new number |
| straight numeric filing | the records are filed sequentially, as the numbers are assigned. |
| terminal digit filing | numerical filing systemused to distribute records evenly throughout the file area |
| unit record | a record containing the documentation of all encounters with the healthcare facility for one patient |
| file guides | placed at begginings of number sections, they increase the ease and speed of retrieving records |
| Ames color file | 0/red-1/gray-2/blue-3/orange-4/purple-5/black-6/yellow-7/brown-8/pink-9/green |
| Smead color file | 0/yellow-1/blue-2/pink-3/purple-4/orange-5/brown-6/green-7/gray-8/red-9/black |
