Glossary

Healthcare Terms

Term	Definition
Patient Encounter	A clinical consultation record (doctor's visit). Contains diagnoses, prescriptions, and orders.
Service Request	An HL7 FHIR-aligned order for a lab test, clinical procedure, or therapy session. Created when an encounter is submitted.
Medication Request	An HL7 FHIR-aligned prescription order for drugs. Created from encounter drug prescriptions.
Observation	An individual clinical measurement or lab result. FHIR-aligned. Can be numeric, text, or select.
Diagnostic Report	A group of approved observations forming a complete lab/diagnostic result report.
Sample Collection	Tracks the collection of biological samples (blood, urine, etc.) for lab testing.
Inpatient Record	The admission-to-discharge record for a hospitalized patient. Tracks bed assignments, medications, and charges.
Treatment Counselling	Pre-admission counselling and consent documentation before inpatient admission.
Healthcare Service Unit	A physical location in the hospital hierarchy: building > floor > ward > bed. Represented as a tree.
Fee Validity	A window during which follow-up appointments with the same practitioner are free of charge.
Medical Code	A code from a standard system (ICD-10, CPT, SNOMED, LOINC) linked to diagnoses, procedures, or observations.
Practitioner Schedule	A weekly time slot template defining when a practitioner is available for appointments.
Appointment Type	Categories of appointments (Walk-in, Online, Follow-up) with associated billing items.
Insurance Payor	An insurance company or provider that reimburses healthcare costs.
Insurance Claim	A request for reimbursement submitted to an insurance payor for covered services.
ABDM	Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission — India's national health ID system for interoperable health records.
Nursing Task	A task assigned to nursing staff, often generated from checklist templates.
Patient Assessment	A structured evaluation using scored parameters (e.g., pain scales, functional assessments).

Frappe / ERPNext Terms

Term	Definition
DocType	Frappe's data model. Defines schema (JSON), controller (Python), and client UI (JS). Each DocType maps to a database table.
Whitelisted Method	A Python function decorated with @frappe.whitelist(), making it callable from the frontend via RPC (frappe.call()).
Bench	Frappe's CLI tool for managing sites, apps, and deployments. Commands: bench start, bench migrate, bench get-app, etc.
Site	A Frappe instance with its own database, users, and configuration. Multiple sites can run on one bench.
ERPNext	Open-source ERP system that Biograph extends. Provides Accounts (billing), Stock (inventory), HR, and Assets modules.
Frappe UI	A Vue 3 component library by Frappe for building modern UIs. Used by the patient portal.
Web Form	Frappe's built-in portal page generator. Creates public-facing forms from DocType definitions.
Workspace	A configurable sidebar section in Frappe Desk that organizes shortcuts, charts, and links for a module.
Print Format	A template defining how a DocType renders when printed (PDF/HTML). Uses Jinja templates.
Singleton / Single DocType	A DocType that only has one record (e.g., Healthcare Settings). Accessed via frappe.get_single().
Child Table	A DocType embedded as rows within another DocType (parent). Stored with parent, parenttype, parentfield links.
Tree DocType	A hierarchical DocType with parent-child relationships (e.g., Healthcare Service Unit).
Document Event	A lifecycle hook (validate, on_submit, on_cancel, etc.) that triggers Python code when a document changes state.
Scheduler Event	A background task that runs on a schedule (every minute, daily, weekly, etc.) via Frappe's job queue.
frappe.call()	The frontend JavaScript function to call a whitelisted Python method via AJAX.
run_doc_method	A Frappe endpoint to call instance methods on a specific document: POST /api/method/run_doc_method.