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| Word | Description |
| Additional Authenticator | An Additional Authenticator may be required to co-sign on certain documents or for certain dictating clinicians. For example in a teaching hospital, a resident may have to obtain an additional signature from an attending clinician. |
| Administrator | An Administrator is an individual who is responsible for configuring and maintaining a system. For example an IT administrator oversees the operation of the network and the computers that are using it. EMDAT and Transcription Companies also use administrators to create and monitor the work flow of Medical Transcriptions. See Also: IT Department |
| AnyModal | Third party text editor used to create and edit Voice Recognition transcriptions from M*Modal Inc. |
| Associate | Any individual OR organization, who can receive a CARBON COPY of a transcription. |
| Attending | An Attending Clinician is a physician who has completed residency and practices medicine in a clinic or hospital. See also: Resident, Dictating Clinician. |
| Attestation Template | If a document requires an ADDITIONAL AUTHENTICATOR then that clinician has the option of appending text to the end of the document to clarify any errors or his agreement with the document. For example an attending clinician may want to append the following to his residents work, "I have read and agree with the above document except [as dictated]" |
| Authenticator | A dictating clinician who has the rights to either ELECTRONICALLY or MANUELY Sign a document. Once a document has been authenticated, it cannot be modified and still remain a legally binding document without being re-authenticated. |
| AutoFax | A process by which Clinicians may elect to have a Facsimile automatically generated and sent to select Associates when triggered. For example: Dr. Demo may elect to have his Clinical Notes AUTOFAXED to his ASSOCIATE after he signs them. |
| AutoText | A feature included in many word processing programs that allows a user to type in text that will auto expand into a text string. For example a typist may type in "ty" which would then expand into "Thank You." |