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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


This is a Glossary term from the VistA Documentation Library