allied health personnel

Preferred Label : allied health personnel;

MeSH definition : Health care workers specially trained and licensed to assist and support the work of health professionals. Often used synonymously with paramedical personnel, the term generally refers to all health care workers who perform tasks which must otherwise be performed by a physician or other health professional.;

MeSH synonym : personnel, allied health; health personnel, allied; Allied Health Professional; Allied Health Professionals; Health Professional, Allied; Health Professionals, Allied; Professional, Allied Health; Professionals, Allied Health;

DeCS synonym : Healthcare Assistants;

MeSH hyponym : population program specialists; Assistant, Healthcare; Assistants, Healthcare; Healthcare Assistant; Healthcare Support Workers; Healthcare Support Worker; Support Worker, Healthcare; Support Workers, Healthcare; Worker, Healthcare Support; Workers, Healthcare Support; Population Program Specialist; Program Specialist, Population; Program Specialists, Population; Specialist, Population Program; Specialists, Population Program; Child Life Specialists; Specialist, Child Life; Specialists, Child Life;

Related MeSH term : paramedics; Paramedic; Paramedical Personnel; Personnel, Paramedical;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramedic;

Details

Origin ID

D000488;

UMLS CUI

C0002122;

Allowable qualifiers
- classification [MeSH Qualifier]
- economics [MeSH Qualifier]
- education [MeSH Qualifier]
- ethics [MeSH Qualifier]
- history [MeSH Qualifier]
- legislation and jurisprudence [MeSH Qualifier]
- organization & administration [MeSH Qualifier]
- psychology [MeSH Qualifier]
- standards [MeSH Qualifier]
- statistics and numerical data [MeSH Qualifier]
- supply and distribution [MeSH Qualifier]
- trends [MeSH Qualifier]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- allied health professional [Q-code]
MeSH Descriptor(s) used for indexing
- allied health occupations [MeSH Descriptor]
Record concept(s)
- Child Life Specialist [MeSH concept]
- Healthcare Assistants [MeSH concept]
- allied health personnel [MeSH concept]
- population program specialists [MeSH concept]
See also (suggested by CISMeF)
- allied health occupations [MeSH Descriptor]
- caregivers [MeSH Descriptor]
- personnel, hospital [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Professional or Occupational Group [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Profession allied to medicine (occupation) [SNOMED CT concept]
- allied health professional [Q-code]

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