Medical Specialty Clinic
An entity, facility, or distinct part of a facility providing diagnostic, treatment, and prescriptive services related to a specific area of medical specialization. Frequently used for Title V related Children's Specialty services or to meet specific public health needs (e.g., infectious diseases or breast and cervical cancer).
Medical Specialty Clinics in Laurel, MD
General Acute Care Hospital
An acute general hospital is an institution whose primary function is to provide inpatient diagnostic and therapeutic services for a variety of medical conditions, both surgical and non-surgical, to a wide population group. The hospital treats patients in an acute phase of illness or injury, characterized by a single episode or a fairly short duration, from which the patient returns to his or her normal or previous level of activity.
General Acute Care Hospitals in Laurel, MD
Rehabilitation Hospital
A hospital or facility that provides health-related, social and/or vocational services to disabled persons to help them attain their maximum functional capacity.
Rehabilitation Hospitals in Laurel, MD
Psychiatric Hospital Unit
In general, a distinct unit of a hospital that provides acute or long-term care to emotionally disturbed patients, including patients admitted for diagnosis and those admitted for treatment of psychiatric problems on the basis of physicians' orders and approved nursing care plans. Long-term care may include intensive supervision to the chronically mentally ill, mentally disordered or other mentally incompetent persons; (2) For Medicare, a distinct part of a general acute care hospital admitting only patients whose admission to the unit is required for active treatment, whose treatment is of an intensity that can be provided only in an inpatient hospital setting, and whose condition is described by a psychiatric principal diagnosis contained in the Third Edition of the American Psychiatric Association Diagnostic and Statistical Manual or in Chapter 5 (Mental Disorders) of the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM). The unit must furnish, through the use of qualified personnel, psychological services, social work services, psychiatric nursing, occupational therapy, and recreational therapy. The unit must maintain medical records that permit determination of the degree and intensity of treatment provided to individuals who are furnished services in the unit; the unit must meet special staff requirements in that the unit must have adequate numbers of qualified professional and supportive staff to evaluate inpatients, formulate written, individualized, comprehensive treatment plans, provide active treatment measures and engage in discharge planning.
Psychiatric Hospital Units in Laurel, MD
Chronic Disease Hospital
University Of Maryland Capital Region Medical Center is a Chronic Disease Hospital practice in Laurel, MD
with healthcare providers who have special training and skill in crafting protocols to address the physical, mental, and emotional symptoms of long-term illness.
Chronic Disease Hospitals at University Of Maryland Capital Region Medical Center perform
regular progress checks to determine illness progression and treatment effectiveness. Chronic Disease Hospital is
a long-term facility that diagnoses and treats chronic illness. Significant diseases and conditions treated at
Chronic Disease Hospital practices include arthritis, diabetes, lung disease, heart disease, liver cirrhosis, and neurological disorders.
Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Chronic Disease Hospital
practices include lifestyle changes, medication, and surgery.
A hospital including a physical plant and personnel that provides multidisciplinary diagnosis and treatment for diseases that have one or more of the following characteristics: is permanent; leaves residual disability; is caused by nonreversible pathological alteration; requires special training of the patient for rehabilitation; and/or may be expected to require a long period of supervision or care. In addition, patients require the safety, security, and shelter of these specialized inpatient or partial hospitalization settings. (2) A hospital that provides medical and skilled nursing services to patients with long-term illnesses who are not in an acute phase but who require an intensity of services not available in nursing homes.
Chronic Disease Hospitals in Laurel, MD
