The type of facility I chose to write about is the Johns Hopkins Hospital. The Johns Hopkins Hospital is a teaching hospital and biomedical research facility of Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, located in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. It was founded using money from an inheritance by philanthropist Johns Hopkins. The Johns Hopkins Hospital and the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine are the founding institutions of modern American medicine and the birthplace of numerous traditions including rounds, residents and house staff (Henderson & Marek, 2001). Many medical specialties were formed at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, including neurosurgery, by Harvey Cushing (Toledo-Pereyra, 2002); cardiac surgery by Alfred Blalock (Toledo-Pereyra, 2005;
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Throughout the Johns Hopkins Hospital, one can experience a level of service that sets them apart from most hospital in the U.S. From professional interpreters who speak more than 30 languages, to convenient curbside wheelchair service, the staff members treat every patient with special, first class care. The Johns Hopkins Hospital offers guest services that make your visit to the Johns Hopkins Hospital comfortable and secure (Johns Hopkins Medicine, 2015). However, there is very long list of medical services offered at the Johns Hopkins Hospital as well, including inpatient/outpatient services. In essentially, the Johns Hopkins Hospital inpatient services provides care for many types of patients, some with medically complex and disabling conditions, including stroke, spinal cord injury/dysfunction, heart surgery, amputation, orthopedic injury or surgery and cancer. Johns Hopkins Hospital is committed to patient care coupled with cutting-edge research that make them the destination of choice for your physical medicine and rehabilitation needs (Johns Hopkins Medicine, 2015b/c). The Johns Hopkins Hospital Comprehensive Inpatient Integrated Rehabilitation Programs (CIIRP) are …show more content…
Their experienced team works with individuals to address rehabilitation needs and restore function for a variety of conditions. In addition, the Johns Hopkins Hospital’s comprehensive team offers programs and support groups designed to help patients and their families get back to life post injury or illness (Gilmore et al., 2015; Johns Hopkins Medicine, 2015d; Neufeld et al., 2011). The types of patients that receive care at this facility. The Johns Hopkins Hospital is equally committed to its communities, providing primary care to children and families, chronic care to seniors, and a range of rehabilitation services, occupational and environmental health programs, as well as health promotion, disease prevention and home care services (Johns Hopkins Medicine, 2015e). For more than a century now, the Johns Hopkins Hospital has been a renowned leader in patient care, medical research and teaching. Today, the Johns Hopkins Hospital places much emphasis on finding new cures and is committed to making those cures available to all people, and provide the finest patient care. Mr. Hopkins endeavored to form a hospital with the finest physicians and staff; a hospital which was a help for the poor individuals of Baltimore and
Throughout the Johns Hopkins Hospital, one can experience a level of service that sets them apart from most hospital in the U.S. From professional interpreters who speak more than 30 languages, to convenient curbside wheelchair service, the staff members treat every patient with special, first class care. The Johns Hopkins Hospital offers guest services that make your visit to the Johns Hopkins Hospital comfortable and secure (Johns Hopkins Medicine, 2015). However, there is very long list of medical services offered at the Johns Hopkins Hospital as well, including inpatient/outpatient services. In essentially, the Johns Hopkins Hospital inpatient services provides care for many types of patients, some with medically complex and disabling conditions, including stroke, spinal cord injury/dysfunction, heart surgery, amputation, orthopedic injury or surgery and cancer. Johns Hopkins Hospital is committed to patient care coupled with cutting-edge research that make them the destination of choice for your physical medicine and rehabilitation needs (Johns Hopkins Medicine, 2015b/c). The Johns Hopkins Hospital Comprehensive Inpatient Integrated Rehabilitation Programs (CIIRP) are …show more content…
Their experienced team works with individuals to address rehabilitation needs and restore function for a variety of conditions. In addition, the Johns Hopkins Hospital’s comprehensive team offers programs and support groups designed to help patients and their families get back to life post injury or illness (Gilmore et al., 2015; Johns Hopkins Medicine, 2015d; Neufeld et al., 2011). The types of patients that receive care at this facility. The Johns Hopkins Hospital is equally committed to its communities, providing primary care to children and families, chronic care to seniors, and a range of rehabilitation services, occupational and environmental health programs, as well as health promotion, disease prevention and home care services (Johns Hopkins Medicine, 2015e). For more than a century now, the Johns Hopkins Hospital has been a renowned leader in patient care, medical research and teaching. Today, the Johns Hopkins Hospital places much emphasis on finding new cures and is committed to making those cures available to all people, and provide the finest patient care. Mr. Hopkins endeavored to form a hospital with the finest physicians and staff; a hospital which was a help for the poor individuals of Baltimore and