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Hospital frailty risk score
The Hospital Frailty Risk Score (HFRS) is a frailty score calculated from routine hospital ICD-10 codes, introduced by Thomas Gilbert and colleagues in The Lancet in 2018.
Hospital General de México
Hospital General de México Dr. Eduardo Liceaga (HGMEL), federal reference hospital in Mexico City, inaugurated 5 February 1905 by Porfirio Díaz; decentralized Secretaría de Salud organism offering 83 specialties, free care, and major research output.
Hospital Information Systems
Hospital information systems (HIS) are integrated computer-assisted systems managing administrative and clinical hospital information, from 1960s billing mainframes to modern EHR platforms, with interoperability, evaluation, and cost-benefit evidence as defining concerns.
Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein
Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein is a private, nonprofit general hospital in the Morumbi district of São Paulo, Brazil, opened in 1971 by the city's Jewish community.
Hospital medicine
Hospital medicine: specialty of comprehensive care for hospitalized patients, practitioners called hospitalists; term coined by Wachter and Goldman in 1996; organized around site of care, not organ or age.
Hospital Militar Central
Hospital Militar Central: level IV military hospital in Bogotá, Colombia, inaugurated 25 April 1962, attached to the Ministry of National Defense; main reference center for Military Forces and Police health care. Same-named hospitals exist in Argentina, Mexico, Peru, and El Salvador.
Hospital of St John
Hospital of St John is the name shared by several English hospitals, mostly medieval charitable institutions, the best preserved being a Grade I listed foundation in Cirencester, founded in 1133.
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (HUP), opened 1874 in West Philadelphia: the first university-owned teaching hospital in the United States, flagship of Penn Medicine, home of the 2021 Pavilion (Clifton Center).
Hospital pediatrics
Hospital Pediatrics is the American Academy of Pediatrics' peer-reviewed journal, founded July 1, 2011 as the first journal for pediatric hospital medicine; monthly, Medline-indexed, Impact Factor 2.2 in 2026.
Hospital Personnel
Hospital personnel are all the individuals a hospital employs, including physicians, nurses, allied health professionals, and administrative, technical, and ancillary staff, as formalized in the MeSH vocabulary.
Hospital Playlist (슬기로운 의사생활)
Hospital Playlist (슬기로운 의사생활, Wise Doctor Life) is a 2020–2021 tvN Korean medical drama by Shin Won-ho and Lee Woo-jung: five doctor friends at Yulje Medical Center, a band, retro OST covers, 14.1% finale rating, spin-off Resident Playbook.
Hospital Privado
Hospital Privado Universitario de Córdoba, also Hospital Privado Centro Medico de Cordoba S.A., a private high-complexity hospital in Córdoba, Argentina, opened 1957, JCI-accredited, with 572 beds and a transplant and oncology referral network.
Hospital ship
Hospital ship: a floating medical treatment vessel protected under the Second Geneva Convention. Examples include the US Navy's Mercy-class USNS Mercy and Comfort, China's Peace Ark, and Mercy Ships' Global Mercy.
Hospital Ship (병원선) (TV series)
Hospital Ship (병원선, Byungwonsun) is a 2017 MBC Korean medical drama, 40 episodes, starring Ha Ji-won and Kang Min-hyuk as doctors serving islands from a hospital ship; written by Yoon Sun-joo, later broadcast in Japan as 病院船.
Hospital to Home Transition
Hospital to home transition (care transitions, transitional care): the risky discharge handoff where patients resume self-management. Key models are Coleman's Care Transitions Intervention and Naylor's Transitional Care Model; readmission reduction evidence favors low-complexity interventions.
Hospital Universitário de Santa Maria
Hospital Universitário de Santa Maria (HUSM), UFSM's teaching hospital in Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil: founded 1970, campus building opened 1982, 380 beds, 100% SUS, regional reference for 43 municipalities.
Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia
Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia (Hospital USM, now Hospital Pakar USM/HPUSM) is the teaching hospital of Universiti Sains Malaysia in Kubang Kerian, Kelantan; operating since 1983, opened 1984, referral center for Malaysia's east coast.
Hospital-acquired infection
Hospital-acquired infection (healthcare-associated infection, HAI): infection related to receiving healthcare in any setting. About 1 in 38 US hospital patients has one daily; common types include CLABSI, CAUTI, SSI, and ventilator-associated pneumonia.
Hospitality
Hospitality, the host-guest relationship of exchange and welcome, from Greek xenia and Roman hospitium through anthropology, Derrida's hostipitality, refugee guesting, and the modern IoT-driven hospitality industry.
Hospitality industry
Hospitality industry: the service sector providing lodging, food and drink, and travel and tourism services (also called HoReCa, HCT). Distinguished by labor intensity, SME dominance, women forming 60-70% of the workforce, and tourism-scale economic impact.
Hospitality law
Hospitality law, also called hotel and restaurant law, is the body of statutes, regulations, and case law governing hotels, motels, restaurants, bars, and event venues, covering innkeeper liability, licensing, accessibility, and civil rights in public accommodations.
Hospitality management studies
Hospitality management studies is the higher-education field preparing managers of hotels, restaurants, and tourism businesses. Origins: EHL (1893) and Cornell's 1922 undergraduate degree; growth from 128 to 307 US programs; curriculum, competency, accreditation, and industry-alignment debates.
Hospitality on the Beach
Hospitality on the Beach is a drum and bass holiday festival at The Garden Resort in Tisno, Croatia, run by Hospital Records' Hospitality brand and first held in 2018.
Hospitalization
Hospitalization is the confinement of a patient in a hospital (MeSH D006760), covering admission through discharge. Key distinction: inpatient versus observation status, which affects Medicare costs, skilled nursing coverage, and hospitalization-rate surveillance.
Hospitalization Insurance
Hospitalization insurance, also called hospital indemnity or group hospitalization, is health insurance covering or partly covering hospital expenses; in the US it also names Medicare Part A, and fixed indemnity versions pay set cash per admission.
Hospitaller colonization of the Americas
The Hospitaller colonization of the Americas, run by the Order of St. John (Knights of Malta), was a mid-17th-century proprietorship of four Caribbean islands from 1651 to 1665.
Hospitaller Tripoli
Hospitaller Tripoli was the rule of the North African city of Tripoli, today Libya's capital, by the Knights Hospitaller from 1530 until an Ottoman fleet took it in 1551.
Hospodar
Hospodar, a Slavonic title meaning "lord", was borne by the rulers of Wallachia and Moldavia from the 14th century until 1866, when it was replaced by domn.
Hossam Haick
Hossam Haick is a Technion professor of chemical engineering who pioneered the NA-NOSE breath test, showing in 2009 that gold-nanoparticle sensors can detect lung cancer in exhaled breath.
Hossam Shabat
Hossam Shabat (حسام شبات), Palestinian journalist, 23, Al Jazeera Mubasher correspondent in northern Gaza and Drop Site News contributor, killed March 24, 2025 in an Israeli strike on his car in Beit Lahia; IDF called him a Hamas sniper, which he denied.