Hospital Administration Review Flashcards

Vocabulary flashcards covering the fundamental concepts of hospital administration, history, Indian healthcare infrastructure, terminology, and specialized medical services based on ISSD lecture notes.

hospes

The Latin noun from which the words hospital, hostel, hotel, and hospice are derived, meaning both "a guest or visitor" and "one who provides lodging or entertainment for a guest or visitor."

Hospital (WHO 1957 Definition)

An integral part of a medical and social organization, whose function is to provide complete health care, both curative and preventive, and whose outpatient services reach out to the family and its home environment.

Hippocrates

Known as the "Father of Medicine" ($460-370$ BC), he utilized a rational non-religious approach to medicine.

Susruta

Known as the Father of Surgery ($6\text{th}$ century BC), he was an ancient Indian surgeon known for pioneering operations and the influential treatise Sushruta-samhita.

Charaka

A principal contributor to Ayurveda and editor of the medical treatise entitled Charaka Samhita, a foundational text of classical Indian medicine.

AYUSH

Acronym for the popular indigenous healthcare traditions in India: Ayurveda, Yoga, Unani, Siddha, and Homeopathy.

Sub-Centres

The institutional basis of primary health care in rural areas, typically employing $1-2$ workers and providing essential services for up to $5000$ individuals.

Primary Health Centres (PHC)

A referral unit for a cluster of six sub-centres, typically serving $30000$ people with approximately $4$ to $6$ inpatient beds.

Community Health Centres (CHC)

The secondary sector of the Indian health care system serving four PHCs ($120000$ people), required to have at least $30$ beds, an operating theatre, and a laboratory.

Intramural Function

Services provided within the walls of a hospital, categorized into restorative, preventive, educational, and research functions.

Extramural Function

Services provided by the hospital outside its walls, such as outpatient services, home care, mobile clinics, and medical care camps.

Tertiary Care

The most advanced level of care providing super-specialty services in fields like Cardiac, Neuro, and Cancer, typically found in medical college hospitals.

Nosocomial Infection

Also known as a hospital-acquired infection (HAI), it is an infection acquired in a health care facility $48$ hours after admission or up to $3$ days after discharge.

Triage

The process in the Emergency department intended to "sort" patients to provide optimum care based on their medical need and efficient resource utilization.

Medico Legal Case (MLC)

A case made based on a patient's condition involving unnatural causes of injury, such as accidents or assault, requiring registration in a specific register and police notification.

CRM (Healthcare)

Customer Relationship Management; software used to manage patient databases, medical history, appointments, and prescriptions securely.

ESI Scheme

Established in $1948$, the Employees' State Insurance Scheme provides cash and medical benefits to workers drawing wages not exceeding $Rs.\text{ }21000$ per month.

TPA (Third Party Administrator)

An agency holding a license from IRDA to process insurance claims and provide cashless facilities as an intermediary between the insurer and the insured.

Autoclaving

A sterilization method using steam under pressure at a temperature of $121^{\text{o}}\text{C}$ under $15\text{\text{ psi}}$ of pressure for $20\text{ minutes}$.

Biomedical Waste Category No. 4

Waste sharps including needles, syringes, and scalpels, which must be collected in blue or white translucent puncture-proof containers.

Dialysis

A treatment that helps the body remove extra fluid and waste products from blood when the kidneys are performing at only $10$ to $15\text{ percent}$ of their normal function.

Ventilator

A medical machine that helps the lungs work by pushing oxygenated air into the airways and removing carbon dioxide from the body.

AERB

The Atomic Energy Regulatory Board; the competent authority for granting and monitoring consents for nuclear and radiation facilities in India.

IMAGE

An affiliate of the Indian Medical Association in Kerala that ensures the scientific disposal of infectious biomedical waste from health care institutions within $48\text{ hours}$.

-itis

A medical suffix meaning inflammation.

-ectomy

A medical suffix meaning surgical removal of.

brady-

A medical prefix meaning slow.

tachy-

A medical prefix meaning fast.

dys-

A medical prefix meaning difficult, painful, or abnormal.

nephr(o)-

A medical prefix pertaining to the kidney.