open hospital

hospital

 [hos´pit'l]

an institution for the care and treatment of the acutely sick and injured.

day hospital a facility that offers professional health care, such as psychiatric care or rehabilitation services, to individuals who require services but are able to return to their homes overnight.

hospital Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee a committee established in 1991 by the United States Government with members appointed by the Secretary of Health and Human Services. It provides advice and guidance related to isolation practices and serves as an advisory committee to the centers for disease control and prevention for updating guidelines and policy statements related to control of nosocomial infection.

open hospital

1. a mental hospital, or section of a hospital, without locked doors or other forms of physical restraint.

2. a hospital to which health care providers who are not staff members may send their own patients and supervise their treatment.

Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.

o·pen hos·pi·tal

a hospital where all physicians, not only members of the regular staff, or those on a selective membership list, are permitted to send their patients and control their treatment; extremely rare, because most hospitals limit physician access in some measure.

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o·pen hos·pi·tal

(ō'pĕn hos'pi-tăl)

A health care facility where all physicians, not only members of the regular staff, are permitted to send their patients and control their treatment.

Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012