Module 1: Administration, Governance and Organization Flashcards
A place of hospitality
HOSPITAL
institution of health care, providing patient treatment by specialized staff and equipment
HOSPITAL
who founded and funded the hospitals (historically)
RELIGIOUS ORDERS
patients that go to a hospital just for diagnosis, treatment, or therapy and then leave without staying overnight
AMBULATORY
another term for ambulatory
out-patient
Patients that stay overnight or for several days or weeks or months
ADMITTED
another term for admitted
IN-PATIENTS
types of hospitals
non-profit voluntary hospitals and profit hospitals
3 types of non-profit voluntary hospitals
community-sponsored, church-sponsored, foundation-sponsored
2 types of profit hospitals
privately owned, corporate
another term for profit hospitals
proprietory hospitals
it is a type of hospital that is a city or country-owned and acute general care hospitals and state hospitals for mentally-ill
public hospitals
4 classification of medical institutions
general hospital, medical center, specialized, teaching hospitals
provides services for all kinds of illnesses, diseases, injuries, or deformities
general hospital
can provide medical and surgical care to the sick and injuries, maternity, newborn, and childcare
general hospital