This document defines a hospital and classifies hospitals. It discusses the key functions of a hospital which include patient care, health personnel education, health promotion, and health-related research. Hospitals are classified based on service type, ownership, length of stay, staffing structure, and bed capacity. The document also outlines the major departments in a hospital, separating them into professional health services departments and non-professional health services departments. Some of the major departments listed include medical, nursing, outpatient, emergency, operating theatre, administration, and housekeeping.

1. Hospital
Management
Bhanu kumar dixit
Assistant professor
Poornima university jaipur

2. Learning Objectives
 Definition of Hospital
 Functions of Hospital.
 Classification of Hospitals.
 Hospital Departments:
 Professional health services departments
 Non Professional health services departments

3. HOSPITAL

4. Functions of Hospital
 Patient care
 Health Personnel Education
 Health Promotion
 Health Related Research

5. Classifications of Hospitals
 1. The type of service
 1.A-General hospitals
 1.B-Special hospitals
 2. Administration, ownership
 2.A-Governmental or public hospital
 2.B-Non-governmental or private
 3. Length of stay
 3.A-Short-term or short-stay hospitals
 3.B-Long-term or long-stay hospitals

6. Classifications of Hospitals
 4.A-Closed-staff hospital- ATTACHED
WITH HOSPITAL
 4.2-Open-staff hospital- NOT ATTACHED
 5-Bed capacity
 5.A-Small hospital 100 beds or less.
 5.B-Medium size hospital 100-300 beds or
less
 5.C-Large hospital 300-1000 beds

7. Hospital Departments
1. Medical Department
2. Nursing Department
3. Paramedical Departments
3.A-Laboratory
3.B-Pharmacy Department
3.C-Radiology Department
3.D-Dietary Department ( Catering)

8. Hospital Departments
4.Outpatient department
5.Accident & Emergency Department
6.Operating Theatre ( OT)

9. Hospital Departments
Non –Professional Health Service
Departments
4.Admitting Department
5.Aministration Department
6.HR
7. IPD
8.Mechanical Department
9.Medical Records

10. Hospital Departments
10. Legal department
11. House Keeping Department
12. Laundry Department
13. Laundry service
14. Maintenance Department
15. Central Sterile Supply Department
(C.S.S.D)
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