What Is a Hospital?
A hospital is a healthcare facility that provides round-the-clock medical care and attention to patients with acute or chronic illnesses or injuries. They are staffed...
What Is a Clinic?
A clinic is a place where people come to be examined and treated for illness or injury. Some clinics are specialized for particular kinds of...
What Is Health Care?
Health care is the medical and related services that keep people healthy, especially during illness. It includes services provided by doctors, nurses, therapists, pharmacists, and...
Health Programs
A health program is a comprehensive approach to address a specific health issue. It may consist of many interrelated activities such as research, policy development,...
The Importance of Medical Treatment
Medical treatment is care provided by a physician or other health professional to help diagnose and cure disease, injury or congenital malfunction (birth defects). Medical...
What Is a Hospital?
A hospital is a healthcare institution providing patient treatment with specialized health science and auxiliary healthcare staff and medical equipment. In addition to treating sick...
Types of Clinics
A clinic is a healthcare facility that provides diagnostic and treatment services for patients without needing them to stay in the hospital. It may be...
Health Care in the United States and Other Countries
The word health care is used in the United States both to refer to a specific service and to describe an entire system of public...
What Are Health Programs?
Health programs offer services to prevent illness, promote well-being and enhance quality of life. They can include a range of treatment options, from psychotherapy to...
Public Health Programs
Health programs aim to improve the health of communities. These programs can include neighborhood clinics and specialty treatment services (such as for sexually transmitted diseases...