PatientText

While viewing medical records or test results, click the PatientText icon to replace medical abbreviations with their expanded forms

What is PatientText?

PatientText is a Chrome extension created by Ruben Schuckit, Halley Cummings, and Evan Satinsky. It translates arcane medical abbreviations into plain text, making it easier to understand medical records and test results. Simply click the PatientText icon while viewing medical documents and see the abbreviated terms replaced with their full forms surrounded by brackets.

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By: Unknown

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Users: 115

Rating: 4.67 (6)

Version: 1.0 (Last updated: 2016-11-06)

Creation date: 2016-11-06

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

activeTab
tabs
<all_urls>

Size: 28.86K

URLs: Website

Risk impact: High risk impact

Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood

Chrome-Stats Rank

# 57965 ▼ 1973

Other rankings

#2340 in Accessibility ▼ 38

Other platforms

Not available on Firefox

Not available on Edge

Summary

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Medical records and abbreviations can be daunting. This extension translates arcane medical abbreviations into plain "patient" text. This extension can overlay your online medical records or be used on any page that has a confusing amount of medical shorthand. The abbreviations are replaced with what they stand for surrounded by brackets.

Created by Ruben Schuckit, Halley Cummings, and Evan Satinsky

User reviews

Speaking as a medical professional, this should be extremely helpful for the layperson trying to understand medical terminology.

Andrew Satinsky, 2016-11-07

Can hardly wait for my next medical test results so i can use this extension!

Michael Windlinger, 2016-11-06

good idea! doesn't have everything, but it's very helpful already!

Gavriel K, 2016-11-06

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Safety

Risk impact

PatientText is risky to use as it requires a number of sensitive permissions that can potentially harm your browser and steal your data. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing. We recommend that you only install PatientText if you trust the publisher.