6 Terms
Contributors in Hospitals
Hospitals
Reproductive health services
Health care; Hospitals
Offers services for couples seeking help for fertility problems.
Respiratory therapy services
Health care; Hospitals
Provides services for patients with respiratory diseases or problems and offers assistance in improving their respiratory functions.
Health insurance exchange
Health care; Hospitals
A health insurance exchange is an organised marketplace for the purchase of health insurance set up as a governmental or quasi-governmental entity to help insurers comply with consumer protections, ...
Discharge instruction
Health care; Hospitals
The information and direction from the doctor to the patient for continued recovery after leaving the hospital
Single specialty hospital (SSH)
Health care; Hospitals
Specialised hospitals that provide treatment relating to a single specialty (e.g., cardiac or orthopaedic services). Many of the physicians who refer patients to an SSH have an ownership interest in ...
Integrated provider (IP)
Health care; Hospitals
A group of providers that offer comprehensive and coordinated care, and usually provides a range of medical care facilities and service plans including hospitals, group practices, a health plan and ...
Provider-Sponsored organisation (PSO)
Health care; Hospitals
Healthcare providers (physicians and/or hospitals) who form an affiliation to act as insurer for an enrolled population.
