It presents about hospital,it's types and functions and organization

1. Definition of Hospital:
“An institution of community health/ a specialized complex organization, that makes use
of physicians, surgeons & team of technical staff, in order to provide facilities for
diagnosis, therapy, rehabilitation, prevention, education & research”
(or)
 Hospital, an institution that is built, staffed, and equipped for the diagnosis of disease;
for the treatment, both medical and surgical, of the sick and the injured; and for their
housing during this process

2. FUNCTIONS OF HOSPITAL :
FUNCTIONS
• Touplift quality of law and general standards of medical practice
• Toprovide facilities & guidance , by which persons can work in groups, with
the intention of betterment of hospital department, patient & community
FUNCTIONS
• Toreduce disease occurrence by early diagnosis andtreatment
• Toestimate needs for facilities, supplies & equipment's, and their utilization
for evaluation, control & maintenance
FUNCTIONS
• Toestimate departmentalnecessities
• To provide a common link between general public & policy

3. 1.To suggest policies & procedures to maintain
adequate &competent staff
2.To create & develop financial plan for the operation
of hospital
9.To develop & maintain an effective system of
clinical & makers administrative records & reports
10.To harness growth of medical science, by proper
training of doctors & nurses in large training
hospitals
11.To provide facilities for continuing education of
all the people
12.To participate & implement safety programs of
hospital

5. CLASSIFICATION OF HOSPITALS
They classified according to ,
◦Length of stay of the patient
◦Clinical basis
◦Ownership /control basis
◦Objectives
◦Size
◦Management
◦System of medicine

6. Hospital
Length of
stay
Short term
Long term
General
Clinical basis
specialty
Specialty

7. Hospital Based on
ownership
Public hospitals
Private
hospitals
Semi Govt
hospital

8. Hospital Based on
objectives
Teaching cum
research
hospitals
General
hospital
Specialized
hospitals
Isolation
hospitals

9. Hospital Based on
size
Teaching
hospital
District
hospital
Thaluk
hospital
CHC
PHC

10. Hospital management
Union government
hospitals
State
government
Autonomous
bodies
Private
hospitals
Voluntary
agencies

11. Hospital Based on
system
Allopathic
hospitals
Ayurvedic
hospitals
Homeopathic
hospitals
Unani
hospitals
Other
system

12. ORGANIZATION OF HOSPITALS :
1. Organization is defined as “a dynamic process, in which various management
activities bring & bind people together, for the achievement of common goals
& objectives”
2. Most important body of a hospital is the governing body/ board of directors/ board
of trustees
3. Governing body consists of various eminent personalities in the field of :
a. Medical education
b. Research
c. Administration
d. Politics (optional)
4. Function of governing body is to frame all major policies, plans & programmes of
hospital

13. 5. Governing body:
appoints a hospital administrator to get various functions performed like
clinical services, nursing, pharmacy services, etc

14. OUT PATIENT DEPARTMENT
Consultation with doctor
Undergo investigations
Minor procedures
Health education
Receive specialty services
Rehabilitation services
•Medical
•Surgical
•OB and Gynec
•Ophthalmology
•ENT
•Pediatrics
•Orthopedic
•Cardiology
•Urology
•Neurology
•Psychiatry etc

15. •located in an area which is Easily accessible to
patients
•Should have sufficient medical and nursing personnel
•Supplies and equipments and facilities for meeting
the emergency situation
EMERGENCY/CASUALTY
DEPARTMENT
Victims of accidents
Patients with cardiac arrest
Patients with breathing difficulty

16. Services
Dietary dept
Pharmacy
Other paramedical services (radiology and
laboratory)
Patient who require continuous medical
care and attention
Stay over night or for several days or
weeks or months for diagnosis, treatment
and therapy
Patients are given the facilities for
lodging, medical and nursing care
INPATIENT SERVICE (IP)

17. Consist of nursing service and nursing education service
◦ Nursing service
Most important dept
Head : nursing officer / nursing superintendent
Other personnel
◦ Assisstant nursing supdt
◦ Nursing supervisors
◦ Head nurses
◦ Staff nurses
◦ All nurses should possess registration/license to practice as a nurse in the
hospital

18. Nursing education service
◦ Attached nursing educational institutions
◦ Nursing courses : ANM, GNM, BSc nursing, Post basic BSc nursing, MSc
nursing

19. PARAMEDICAL DEPARTMENT
Laboratory : various investigations are carried out in the laboratories
Urine
Feces
Blood etc
Different sessions:
Hematology
Biochemistry
Bacteriology
Parasitology
Pathology
Blood bank

20. PARAMEDICAL DEPARTMENT
Radiology : Radiological examinations and treatment are provided to
the patient
This department should have safety precautions to prevent radiological
exposure to the patients and staff of the hospital

21. PARAMEDICAL DEPARTEMENT
Dietary :Meets the dietary requirements of the patients
Special diets are served according to the condition of patients.
Eg : Salt restricted diet, fat restricted diet, diabetic diet etc
Dietician is the responsible person for his department

22. PARAMEDICAL DEPARTMENT
Pharmacy :this department is responsible for storing and dispensing
medicines and IV fluids

23. OTHER DEPARTMENTS
Administration and accounts
Housekeeping
Maintenance
CSSD
Laundry department