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    A hospital is a health care institution that provides treatment to patients using specialized staff and equipment. Hospitals have multiple departments that provide different services like outpatient care, emergency care, inpatient care, nursing care, and services from paramedic departments like laboratories, radiology, dietary, and pharmacy. Hospitals are classified based on factors such as length of patient stay, clinical specialty, ownership, objectives, size, management, and medical system used.

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    A hospital is a health care institution that provides treatment to patients using specialized staff and equipment. Hospitals have multiple departments that provide different services like outpatient care, emergency care, inpatient care, nursing care, and services from paramedic departments like laboratories, radiology, dietary, and pharmacy. Hospitals are classified based on factors such as length of patient stay, clinical specialty, ownership, objectives, size, management, and medical system used.

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    A hospital is a health care institution that provides treatment to patients using specialized staff and equipment. Hospitals have multiple departments that provide different services like outpatient care, emergency care, inpatient care, nursing care, and services from paramedic departments like laboratories, radiology, dietary, and pharmacy. Hospitals are classified based on factors such as length of patient stay, clinical specialty, ownership, objectives, size, management, and medical system used.

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    HOSPITA

    L
    HEALTH CARE AGENCIES
    The word “hospital “derived from the Latin word hospitalis which in
    turn derived from french word “hospes” that means “ a host or a guest”
    A hospital is a health care institution providing treatment to patients
    with specialized staff and equipment.
    Hospitals are institutions ,which are mainly
    designed for care for the sick ,injured and well.
    DEFINITION:-
    Hospital is an integral part of a social and medical
    organization ,the functions of which is to provide for the
    population complete health care both curative and
    preventive , and whose outpatients services reach out to the
    family and its home environment . The hospital is also a
    centre for the training of health worker and for bio social
    researches.
    FUNCTIONS OF THE HOSPITAL
    Patient care
    Diagnosis and treatment of
    disease
    Out patient services
    Medical education and training
    Medical and nursing research
    Prevention of disease
    and promotion of health.
    CLASSIFICATION OF HOSPITALS
    They classified according to ,
    ◦ Length of stay of the patient
    ◦ Clinical basis
    ◦ Ownership /control basis
    ◦ Objectives
    ◦ Size
    ◦ Management
    ◦ System of medicine
    Short term
    Length of
    stay
    Long term

    Hospital
    General
    Clinical basis
    specialty
    S
    p
    Public hospitals

    Voluntar
    y
    Based on hospitals
    Hospital ownership
    Voluntary
    nursing homes

    Corporative
    hospitals
    Teaching cum
    research
    hospitals

    General
    Based on hospital
    Hospital
    objectives Specialized
    hospitals

    Isolation

    hospitals
    Teachin
    g
    hospital
    District
    Based on hospital
    Hospital size
    Thaluk
    CHC
    hospital

    PHC
    Union government
    hospitals
    State
    government
    Autonomous
    Hospital management bodies
    Private
    hospitals
    Voluntar
    y
    agencies
    Allopathic
    hospitals
    Ayurvedi
    c
    hospitals
    Based on Homeopathic
    Hospital hospitals
    system
    Unani
    hospitals
    Other

    system
    OUT PATIENT DEPARTMENT
     Consultation with doctor
     Undergo investigations
     Minor procedures
     Health education
     Receive specialty services
     Rehabilitation services

    •Medical •Cardiology
    •Surgical •Urology
    •OB and Gynec •Neurology
    •Ophthalmology •Psychiatry etc
    •ENT
    •Pediatrics
    •Orthopedic
    EMERGENCY/CASUALTY
    DEPARTMENT
     Victims of accidents
     Patients with cardiac arrest
     Patients with breathing difficulty

    •located in an area which is Easily accessible to


    patients
    •Should have sufficient medical and nursing
    personnel
    •Supplies
    the emergency
    and equipments
    situation and facilities for
    meeting
    INPATIENT SERVICE (IP)
     Patient who require continuous medical
    care and attention
     Stay over night or for several days or
    weeks or months for diagnosis, treatment
    and therapy
     Patients are given the facilities for
    lodging, medical and nursing care

    Services
     Dietary dept
     Pharmacy
     Other paramedical services (radiology and
    laboratory)
    NURSING DEPARTMENT
    Consist of nursing service and nursing education service
    ◦ Nursing service
     Most important dept
     Head : nursing officer / nursing superintendent
     Other personnel
    ◦ Assisstant nursing supdt
    ◦ Nursing supervisors
    ◦ Head nurses
    ◦ Staff nurses
    ◦ All nurses should possess registration/license to practice as a nurse in the hospital
    Nursing education service
    ◦ Attached nursing educational institutions
    ◦ Nursing courses : ANM, GNM, BSc nursing, Post basic BSc nursing, MSc
    nursing
    PARAMEDICAL DEPARTEMENT
    Laboratory : various investigations are carried out in the laboratories
     Urine
     Feces
     Blood etc
    Different sessions:
     Hematology
     Biochemistry
     Bacteriology
     Parasitology
     Pathology
     Blood bank

    PARAMEDICAL DEPARTEMENT
    Radiology : Radiological examinations and treatment are provided
    to the patient
     This department should have safety precautions to prevent radiological
    exposure to the patients and staff of the hospital
    PARAMEDICAL DEPARTEMENT
    Dietary :Meets the dietary requirements of the patients
     Special diets are served according to the condition of patients.
    Eg : Salt restricted diet, fat restricted diet, diabetic diet etc
     Dietician is the responsible person for his department
    PARAMEDICAL DEPARTEMENT
    Pharmacy :this department is responsible for storing and
    dispensing medicines and IV fluids
    OTHER DEPARTEMENTS
    Administration and accounts
    Housekeeping
    Maintenance
    CSSD
    Laundry department

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