Types of Hospitals
In general, there are two types of hospitals in the United States. They are described as either short-stay or long-term, depending on the length of time a patient spends before discharge, and they number upwards of sixty-five hundred. Short-stay hospitals include community, teach [...]
Patient Advocacy Done Right: The Michigan Health & Hospital Association
In a nation where health care is constantly changing, The Michigan Health & Hospital Association (or the MHA) stands strong as the most effective health care advocate in all of Michigan. The MHA is an association created to advocate for hospitals and for the patients that the [...]
The American Hospital Association: Advancing the Health of Individuals and Communities
The definitive organization for representation and advocacy of hospitals, the American Hospital Association (AHA) is the national organization that represent and serves all types of hospitals, health care networks, and their patients and communities. With almost 5,000 hospitals, [...]
Apollo Hospitals: Touching Lives
The dream that sparked Apollo Hospitals was one that helped transform the medical landscape in India. Since 1983, when Apollo Hospitals was started as a 150 bed hospital in Chennai, Apollo Hospitals has grown to become one of the country’s premier healthcare providers with over [...]
Health Care Advocacy in the Big Apple: the Healthcare Association of New York State
It is all said in their tag-line, “The Value of Membership, the Power of Association.” The Healthcare Association of New York State (HANYS) is an association that is aimed to advance the health of New York individuals and communities through leadership, representation, [...]
The Healthcare Association of Hawaii: Serving Hawaii Hospitals
First founded as the Hospital Association of Hawaii (HAH) in 1939, the Healthcare Association of Hawaii changed its name in 1987 following its merge with the Hawaii Nursing Home Association in 1974. HAH is a non-profit organization that represents and advocates for Hawaii [...]
Jefferson University Hospitals: Bringing Diverse, Quality Healthcare to Philadelphia
The city of Philadelphia is one of the most history-laden cities in all of America. But as with any city, Philadelphia has a large, almost unhealthy concentration of people in a smaller area. Fortunately for Philadelphians, they can receive quality healthcare services at Jeffer [...]
5 Things To Remember In The Emergency Room
For many, their next experience in a hospital emergency room may be their first. The emergency room is a place where time is more valuable than money. As such, it tends to run much differently than other areas of the hospital.
Emergency physicians are specially trained to trea [...]
Health tips from hospitals for a hectic holiday season
A trip to the hospital during holiday festivities is a sure-fire way to ruin the end of a year.
The holiday season brings happiness and joy to all with its decorations, twinkling lights, Christmas trees, and carols. Unfortunately, these happy times also bring increased risk fo [...]
10 Patient Safety Tips for Hospitals
A hospital is different from most other health care settings in that it provides thousands of inpatients with care for hundreds of different medical reasons. The sheer number of physicians, patients, and cases under one roof gives hospitals responsibilities unrivaled in any other [...]
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