A hospital today is an institution for professional health care provided by physicians, nurses and other professionals.
During the Middle Ages the hospital could serve other functions, such as almshouse for the poor, or hostel for pilgrims. The name comes from Latin hospes (host), which is also the root for the English words hotel, hostel, and hospitality. The modern word hotel derives from the French word hostel, which featured a silent s, which was eventually removed from the word; French for hospital is hôpital.
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American Hospital Association - The Association represents hospitals, healthcare networks and their patients and communities. Extensive information on current Acts, Congressional budgets and news of interest to the healthcare industry.
Coalition to Protect America's Health Care - Information on how the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 is hurting America's hospitals.
Duke Center for Health Policy: Hospital Conversions - Hospital conversion in the marketplace and the policy world. The growing trend towards mergers and acquisitions in the hospital industry.
Institute for Safe Medical Practices - Organization that gathers safety data from hospitals and makes recommendations to improve patient safety in hospitals.
Meta Description: [ The Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) is devoted entirely to medication error prevention and safe medication use. ISMP represents over 30 years of experience in helping healthcare practitioners keep patients safe, and continues to lead efforts to improve the medication use process. T... ]
National Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems - Represents the nations's health care system as advocate to hospitals, research, and education. Most members are major teaching hospitals or academic health science centers.
Meta Description: [ The National Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems represents over
100 hospitals and health systems that comprise the essential health infrastructure of many
of America's largest metropolitan health systems. Since 1980, NAPH has worked to educate
federal, state and local decis... ]
National Association of Urban Hospitals (NAUH) - A coalition of private safety-net urban hospitals who have joined to assure adequate reimbursement from public payers such as Medicaid Medicare.
The Leapfrog Group - An organization of health insurance companies that is promoting Computerized Physician Order Entry to hospitals as a way to decrease medication errors.
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