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Hosokawa clan
The Hosokawa clan (細川氏) was a cadet branch of the Ashikaga house that rose to shugo daimyo rank and held the kanrei office in the Muromachi shogunate.
Hosokawa Gracia (明智玉)
Hosokawa Gracia (明智玉), born Akechi Tama, was a Sengoku noblewoman, daughter of Akechi Mitsuhide, baptized a Catholic in 1587 and killed in Osaka in 1600.
Hosokawa Harumoto
Hosokawa Harumoto (細川晴元) was a Sengoku-period Japanese warlord, born 1514, who headed the Hosokawa family of deputy shoguns and dominated the Kinai until his retainer Miyoshi Nagayoshi overthrew him in 1549.
Hosokawa Katsumoto
Hosokawa Katsumoto (細川勝元, 1430–1473) was a kanrei, or shogunal deputy, of the Ashikaga shogunate in Muromachi Japan who led the Eastern army in the Ōnin War, which devastated Kyoto.
Hosokawa Masamoto
Hosokawa Masamoto (細川政元, 1466–1507) was a Japanese military magnate, son of Hosokawa Katsumoto, who as hereditary kanrei ruled the shogunate through puppet shoguns and was assassinated by his own retainers in 1507.
Hosokawa Tadaoki
Hosokawa Tadaoki (細川忠興), also known as Hosokawa Sansai, was a Japanese daimyo of the Sengoku and early Edo periods who fought at Sekigahara and became a noted tea master.
Hosokawa Takakuni
Hosokawa Takakuni (細川高国, 1484–1531) was a Japanese Sengoku warlord who served as kanrei of the Muromachi shogunate, dominating Kyoto from 1508 until his defeat in 1527; he died in 1531.
Hosokawa Yoriyuki
Hosokawa Yoriyuki (細川頼之) was a Japanese samurai who served as kanrei, shogunal deputy of the Muromachi shogunate, from 1367 to 1379, guarding the young shogun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu.
Hosokawa Yūsai
Hosokawa Yūsai (細川幽斎), personal name Fujitaka, 1534–1610, was a Japanese warrior and poet who served Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and Tokugawa Ieyasu and inherited the Kokin denju.
Hosokawa-shi
Hosokawa-shi (細川紙) is a traditional Japanese hand-made paper of pure kozo fibers, made in Ogawa Town and Higashi-chichibu Village in Saitama Prefecture and inscribed by UNESCO in 2014.
Hospes settlement in Hungary
Hospes settlement was the organized immigration of foreign, and later internal, settlers into the medieval Kingdom of Hungary from the 11th century, whose privileged free status shaped Hungarian town law.
HOSPI
HOSPI (ホスピー) is an autonomous delivery robot made by Panasonic that carries medicines, specimens, and documents through hospital corridors and elevators without rails or tapes; development began in 1998.
Hospice
Hospice: comfort-focused end-of-life care for terminally ill patients and families, rooted in Cicely Saunders' 1967 St Christopher's Hospice and a US Medicare benefit since 1982; four care levels, 6-month prognosis certification, over $23 billion in annual Medicare spending.
Hospices Civils de Lyon
Hospices Civils de Lyon (HCL), Lyon's public university hospital system, second CHU of France, founded 1802, about 24,000 staff, HCL 2035 strategy, BAURéaLS project at Lyon Sud.
Hospices de Beaune
Hospices de Beaune (Hospices Civils de Beaune): Burgundy hospital institution founded 1443 by Nicolas Rolin and Guigone de Salins; its Hôtel-Dieu is a classified 1862 monument, and its 60-hectare wine estate is sold each third Sunday of November at the famous charity auction begun in 1859.
Hospicio Cabañas
Hospicio Cabañas is a monumental Neoclassical complex in Guadalajara, Mexico, built in the early 19th century as a hospice for orphans and the needy and now home to the Museo Cabañas.
Hospicio Cabañas murals
The Hospicio Cabañas murals are 57 frescoes painted by José Clemente Orozco between 1938 and 1939 in the chapel of the Hospicio Cabañas in Guadalajara, Mexico.
Hospital
Hospital: inpatient care institution (AHA: 6+ beds, physician staff, nursing; WHO: physician-staffed with inpatient accommodation). Covers types, DRG payment, occupancy, volume-outcome, ownership, and hospital-at-home since 2023.
Hospital Administrators
Hospital administrators, also called medical and health services managers, plan and direct hospital operations, finance, and personnel. Covers the profession's history since 1899, US pay and outlook, and evidence on leadership background and quality.
Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale
The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) is a 14-item self-report questionnaire screening for anxiety and depression in medically ill patients, introduced by Zigmond and Snaith in 1983.
Hospital Authority
Hospital Authority (醫院管理局) is Hong Kong's statutory public hospital body, established 1 December 1990 under Cap. 113, managing public hospitals since December 1991 through seven clusters, over 90,000 staff and 30,000 beds.
Hospital Central Militar
Hospital Central Militar, Mexico City (Lomas de Sotelo): SEDENA's third-level high-specialty military hospital, inaugurated 20 November 1942; over 730 censable beds, 21 operating rooms, teaching and residency center of the Mexican Army.
Hospital Charges
Hospital charges are the amounts US hospitals list and bill for items and services, recorded in each hospital's chargemaster; they exceed cost and actual insurer payments, and federal transparency rules since 2021 require publishing them.
Hospital corpsman
Hospital corpsman (HM), the Navy's largest enlisted rating, provides medical care to Sailors and Marines ashore, afloat, and with Marine units. Established June 17, 1898; 19-week A School in San Antonio; TCCC Tier 3 certification now at entry level.
Hospital de Clínicas
Hospital de Clínicas Dr. Manuel Quintela, Montevideo university hospital of Universidad de la República on Av. Italia; inaugurated 21 September 1953, 24-story Carlos Surraco building, joined Uruguay's SNIS in 2025, renewal planned for 2030.
Hospital de San Andrés (Lima)
The Hospital de San Andrés, also known as the Real Hospital de San Andrés, was a hospital in Lima, Peru, founded in 1552 and serving until 1875.
Hospital emergency codes
Hospital emergency codes, also known as hospital codes, are color-coded announcements used in hospitals to alert staff to emergencies like cardiac arrest or fire without alarming patients.
Hospital Equipment and Supplies
Hospital equipment and supplies are the materials used in providing hospital care, from beds and imaging machines to dressings; supplies cost about 15% of a US hospital's operating budget.
Hospital for Sick Children
Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), Toronto paediatric teaching hospital founded 1875 by Elizabeth McMaster; Canada's first children's hospital, at 555 University Avenue since 1951, affiliated with the University of Toronto.
Hospital for Special Surgery
Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS), founded 1863 as the Hospital for the Relief of the Ruptured and Crippled, is a New York academic medical center for orthopedics and rheumatology, Weill Cornell-affiliated, ranked No. 1 in US orthopedics 17 straight years.