Medical facility

Medical Facility

A Medical Facility (pronunciation: /ˈmɛdɪkəl fəˈsɪlɪti/) is a location where medical care is provided. These facilities range from small clinics and doctor's offices to urgent care centers and large hospitals with elaborate emergency rooms and trauma centers.

Etymology

The term "Medical Facility" is derived from the Latin word facilitas, meaning "ease" or "facility", and the Greek word medikos, meaning "pertaining to healing".

Types of Medical Facilities

• Hospital: A hospital is a health care institution providing patient treatment with specialized medical and nursing staff and medical equipment.

• Clinic: A clinic is a healthcare facility that is primarily focused on the care of outpatients.

• Nursing Home: A nursing home is a facility for the residential care of elderly or disabled people.

• Pharmacy: A pharmacy is a retail shop which provides prescription drugs, among other products.

• Laboratory: A laboratory is a controlled setting where scientific or technological research, experiments, and measurement may be performed.

Related Terms

• Healthcare: Healthcare is the maintenance or improvement of health via the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, recovery, or cure of disease, illness, injury, and other physical and mental impairments in people.

• Patient: A patient is any recipient of health care services that are performed by healthcare professionals.

• Physician: A physician, medical practitioner, medical doctor, or simply doctor, is a professional who practices medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining, or restoring health through the study, diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of disease, injury, and other physical and mental impairments.

• Nurse: A nurse is a healthcare professional who is focused on the care of individuals, families, and communities, so they may attain, maintain, or recover optimal health and quality of life.

External links

• Medical encyclopedia article on Medical facility
• Wikipedia's article - Medical facility

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