Patient

Baldrige Health Care Glossary

Patient

The term “patient” refers to the person receiving health care, including preventive, promotional, acute, chronic, rehabilitative, and all other services in the continuum of care. Other terms organizations use for “patient” include member, consumer, client, or resident.

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