The word slogan is derived from slogorn which was an Anglicisation of the Scottish Gaelic and Irish sluagh-ghairm (sluagh army, host + gairm cry). Slogans vary from the written and the visual to the chanted and the vulgar.
staff privileges. Admitting privileges The rights that a health professional has as a member of a hospital's medical staff, which includes hospitalization of private Pts, participation in committees, and in decisions relevant to the hospital's future. See Medical staff. Cf Hospital-based physician, RAPERs.
In this situation, it may be tempting for the physician to delegate (or the medical assistant to perform) duties beyond the scope of unlicensed healthcare personnel. Medical assistants and other unlicensed healthcare personnel must maintain patient confidentiality to the same standards required of physicians. Medical assistants must be clearly identified by title when performing duties. This can be accomplished through wearing a name tag with the designation of âmedical assistantâ and clearly introducing oneself as a âmedical assistantâ in oral communications with patients and other professionals.