Hospital Types

Hospital management system is a computer system that helps manage the information related to health care and aids in the job completion of health care providers effectively. They manage the data related to all departments of healthcare such as, Clinical. Financial.

On average, public system hospitals employ over 80 physicians. Freestanding hospitals employ approximately seven physicians. All private voluntary system hospitals employ similar numbers. However, IO system hospitals employ less than one physician, on average.

• Acute care. Hospital that treats patients in the acute phase of an illness or injury.
• Addiction/substance abuse treatment.
• Community (General)
• Rural Hospital.
• Urban Hospital.
• Long-Term Care Hospital.
• Psychiatric Hospital.
• Rehabilitation Hospital.

There are three primary options—For-profit, not-for-profit and publicly owned hospitals.

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. 22. Any doubts ?

Routine Admission: clients are admitted for investigations and planned treatments and for surgeries. eg. diabetes, hypertension. Emergency Admission: Patients are admitted for acute, an emergency condition which requires immediate treatment like burns, drowning, road accidents, fall, heart attack.

• Hospital Admission Procedure includes preparation of admitting patient, perform admission procedure, emergency admission, Routine admission, transfer in and discharge.
• Preparation of Admitting Patient :
• Entrance of a patient into the ward or unit for evaluation or treatment is called admission.

 Admission is defined as allowing a patient to stay in hospital for observation, investigation, treatment and care. Routine admission : in this, patients are admitted for investigation, diagnostic and medical or surgical treatment. Treatment is given according to patients problem.

Purpose. Admission notes document the reasons why a patient is being admitted for inpatient care to a hospital or other facility, the patient’s baseline status, and the initial instructions for that patient’s care.

The admission procedure is comprised of the following: Personal details of the patient are recorded. The tests ordered by the patient’s doctor are charged. The room is assigned after the patient has been updated by either the Patient Accounting Department or the Customer Service Department.

When you leave a hospital after treatment, you go through a process called hospital discharge. A hospital will discharge you when you no longer need to receive inpatient care and can go home. Or, a hospital will discharge you to send you to another type of facility.

The release of a patient from a course of care. The doctor may then dictate a discharge summary.