historial médico
/istoɾjal mediko/from spelling rules
The English phrase 'patient chart' is translated into Spanish as historial médico.
This phrase refers to a record of a patient's medical history and clinical data used by healthcare providers. In medical contexts, historia clínica is a very common synonym. When you want to refer specifically to the physical or digital file or folder containing these records, you can use expediente médico.
What does it mean word for word?
The phrase historial médico is composed of historial (history/record) and médico (medical).
Which one should you use?
historia clínica is a very common synonym for 'patient chart' in medical contexts. 'Expediente médico' is often used when referring specifically to the physical or digital file/folder containing the patient's records.
How does it change in a sentence?
To make the phrase plural, both the noun and the adjective must change to their plural forms, resulting in historiales médicos.
Did you know?
- In some regions, if a doctor says they are 'making the history' (hacer la historia), they are referring to the act of interviewing the patient to create the historial médico.
- In many Latin American hospitals, a patient's chart is called a ficha, which literally means 'token' or 'index card'.
- Outside of a hospital, the word historial is the standard term used to describe a person's criminal record.
Examples in context
- Necesito revisar su historia clínica para entender mejor su situación médica.I need to review your patient chart to better understand your medical condition.
- ¿Podría proporcionarnos su ficha del paciente, por favor?Could you please provide us with your patient chart?
- Claro, aquí está mi ficha del paciente.Sure, here's my patient chart.
- Necesito revisar el historial médico del paciente.I need to review the patient's medical chart.
- El historial médico está en la computadora.The patient chart is on the computer.
- Por favor, actualice el historial médico.Please update the medical chart.
Example conversation
A doctor and a nurse are preparing for a patient visit.
- DanielMaría, ¿tienes el historial médico de Daniel?María, do you have Daniel's patient chart?
- MaríaSí, lo tengo justo aquí.Yes, I have it right here.
- DanielGracias, quiero leer su historial médico ahora.Thanks, I want to read his medical history now.
- MaríaPerfecto, aquí tiene los documentos.Perfect, here are the documents.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
