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These digital health terms are written from the perspective of an interactive system in which individuals initially encounter a health protocol as a potential or (prospective) customer, trying it out at no-cost, with the possibility purchasing related products and services in the future (becoming a customer). Customer Participants who have converted from prospects by purchasing additional products or services. Enroll Process of registering for and beginning participation in a specific wellness protocol. ...

Medical “Intervention”: Etymology, Evolution and Semantic Precision The term “intervention” has become central to medical discourse, but its precise meaning and relationship to other medical terminology reflects centuries of evolving scientific practice. Medical “intervention” emerged as the broadest and most encompassing term in healthcare, distinguishing itself semantically from “treatment,” “therapy,” and “protocol” through specific connotations and usage patterns that reflect medicine’s evolution into a rigorous scientific discipline. From medieval intercession to scientific medicine The etymology of “intervention” traces to Latin intervenire, meaning “to come between” or “interrupt,” entering English in the early 15th century initially as “intercession” or “intercessory prayer.” This original religious connotation—divine intervention in human affairs—gradually transformed as medicine evolved from mystical to scientific practice. ...