Oct 21, 2015 11:16
8 yrs ago
Chinese汉语 term

傳送人員

Chinese汉语译成English英语 医学 医疗(总称)
報表顯示病人已於10點抽血,傳送也有來收件喔!

In Taiwan, in medium to large-sized hospitals, there is a staff
that brings/collects patients' files (or maybe other items, too !)
to/from the doctor's surgery at regular intervals.
I want to know the exact name of the job of this staff, in English.

Thanks a lot to anyone who can help !

Discussion

David Lin Oct 23, 2015:
If for delivery of pathological samples If it is for delivery of blood test samples, the UK system is as follows:

"The Specimen Transport courier will transfer the samples to a specimen transport container for forward delivery to the laboratories."

http://www.mtw.nhs.uk/pathology/sending-samples-to-pathology...
David Lin Oct 23, 2015:
UK context - hospital vs. medical files In the UK context, a medical files messenger does not only work for hospitals. He/she also covers surgeries and other institutions in society that might require patients records from time to time such as Social service department, Education department (schools) and Nursery homes for the elderlies.

The role of this staff is to facilitate communication between surgeries who plays a key role in providing health care to patients in the NHS system 家庭醫生, who keeps the primary record of the patients, and that of other health or social related institutions as mentioned above.

As jarv95888 mentioned earlier, the government contracted reliable courier service to take on this job of communication as messengers. But nowadays in the UK, everything has been digitalized hence medical records as simple as blood test are transferred via a secured network without manpower as messengers. See the link below.

http://systems.hscic.gov.uk/nhsmail/about

Shirley Lao Oct 23, 2015:
Should be: On a side note, in Taiwan, 醫院傳送員 can be hired by a hospital or outsourced to a recruitment consultancy. Hence, the job duties of 醫院傳送員 directly hired by a hospital may differ from those indirectly hired by a recruitment consultancy. In some hospitals, 醫院傳送員 may have to "take patients from their ward to consultations and back again" and so forth, in addition to the delivery of medical records and samples.
Shirley Lao Oct 23, 2015:
On a side note, in Taiwan, 醫院傳送員 can be hired by a hospital or outsourced to a recruitment consultancy. Hence, the job duties of 醫院傳送員 directly hired by a hospital may differ by those indirectly hired by a recruitment consultancy. In some hospitals, 醫院傳送員 may have to "take patients from their ward to consultations and back again" and so forth, in addition to the delivery of medical records and samples.
jarv95888 Oct 21, 2015:
According to the full context posted, the "傳送" might not be a staff member of the hospital. It could be the courier or deliverer contracted to pick up the sample. Anyway, it doesn't seem to be the position as you described,

Proposed translations

19分钟

Medical Records Specialist

pls do mix with medical collections specialist
Example sentence:

Medical Records Specialist job description: Compile, process, and maintain medical records of hospital and clinic patients in a manner consistent with medical, ...

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7小时

interoffice "pony" mail system

傳送人員 is simply called a mail man/delivery man/carrier.

在比較大型的公司裡,如有文件要送到別的部門,都可以將文件放進(drop in) the "pony" (interoffice mail) box/bin. 通常在接待處附近.公司的mail man 來pick up.



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Now I see your list of tasks.
An Aid is a person who helps patients by the orders of nurses / doctors.
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22小时

Medical files messenger

A messenger = a person who gives a message to sb. or who delivers messages to people as a job 送信人;郵遞員;信使。

例詞: a motorcycle messenger = 騎摩托車的郵遞員

--《牛津高階英漢雙解字典》

I would suggest to add “medical files” to “messenger”. I think this should work i.e. English-speaking readers will understand immediately the role of this staff. A staff who does not deliver anything but only medical records.

Hope this helps.

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See additional comments in the Discussion entry above. This box can't take long comments.

Note from asker:
In the UK context, would it make a difference between a Hospital messenger and a Medical files messenger ? Just for my information...
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6天

Hospital Porter

The hospital porter is meant to help the hospital to run smoothly by moving patients to different ward, or moving equipment to another area, and the role also helps to delivery specimens and files etc.

This title is used in both Uk and US.

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To the poster,
I missed the reference comment posted by another member, so you may just ignore my answer. :)
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9天

(Hospital) Courier

如果專門送血樣、尿樣等實驗室樣品的是Medical Courier, Lab courier,如果什麼都送,則是hospital courier, courier 或 delivery driver。
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Reference comments

3小时
Reference:

Reference

In Taiwan, the job of a 醫院傳送員 is low-level and requires no special qualifications. I am not absolutely sure about this term, but you have a look at the job duties of a hospital porter below to see if such job duties match the job duties of 醫院傳送員 you have in mind.

Please also note that the job duties of a hospital porter in one hospital may differ from those of another hospital porter in another hospital.


A porter’s daily tasks can include:

Giving meals to patients
Moving hospital furniture and electrical equipment
Transporting clinical waste and dangerous materials
Taking patients from their ward to consultations and back again
Taking supplies to wards
Distributing post throughout the hospital
Delivering patients’ notes to the correct place at the correct time
Taking dead bodies from operating theatres and wards to the mortuary
Taking samples to laboratories
Moving specialist apparatus around the hospital
(Source: http://www.myjobsearch.com/careers/hospital-porter.html)



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Note added at 3 hrs (2015-10-21 14:37:15 GMT)
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Should be:

In Taiwan, the job of a 醫院傳送員 is low-level and requires no special qualifications. I am not absolutely sure about this term, but you may have a look at the job duties of a hospital porter below to see if such job duties match the job duties of 醫院傳送員 you have in mind.

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On a side note, in Taiwan, 醫院傳送員 can be hired by a hospital or outsourced to a recruitment consultancy. Hence, the job duties of 醫院傳送員 directly hired by a hospital may differ by those indirectly hired by a recruitment consultancy. In some hospitals, 醫院傳送員 may have to "take patients from their ward to consultations and back again" and so forth, in addition to the delivery of medical records and samples.
Note from asker:
Dear Shirley Thank you so much for your help, but I guess that in my context, Medical Files Messenger would be more appropriate. Thousand thanks !
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