PHRM 251 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Royal Jubilee Hospital, Royal Columbian Hospital, Vancouver General Hospital
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Inpatient care : medical care where patients have at least one overnight stay at a medical institution for ongoing treatment and monitoring. Type of care varies depending on type of institution. Patients admitted for treatment over a short period of time. Assessment, treatment and monitoring cannot be done as outpatient. In bc, publicly funded and operated under a regional health authority. Goal : discharge patients out of facility as soon as they are medically stable. Associated with a medical school, higher involvement in training of healthcare professionals, use of health care teams. Contain highly specialized patient care areas, serve as research institutes. In bc : vancouver general hospital, st. paul"s hospital, royal columbian hospital, Victoria general hospital, royal jubilee hospital, university hospital of northern bc, May not have as many integrated health care teams. Patients admitted to facility for ongoing 24 hour care unable to be cared for in own home or in assisted living setting.
