An assistant is an individual who is employed by an actively-licensed veterinarian to perform acts pertaining to the practice of veterinary medicine, and receives compensation for such acts from the employing veterinarian, but is not a Certified Veterinary Technician or licensed veterinarian.
Word History: Belying the very meaning of the word, the adjective mediocre has a remarkable and unexpected etymology. Mediocre ultimately comes from Latin mediocris, which meant middling, ordinary, unremarkable..
A Chief Medical Information Officer, or CMIO, essentially serves as the bridge between medical and IT departments at a health care organization. This person may also be referred to as the director of medical informatics or health informatics.