outpatient
Non-admitted patient
An outpatient is a patient who receives medical treatment without being admitted to a hospital overnight.
The term distinguishes from inpatient care, where patients stay in the facility: outpatient surgery, outpatient clinic, She was treated on an outpatient basis.
Many procedures once requiring hospitalization are now done outpatient.
Medical treatment facility
- medical centerHealthcare services facility
- consultationMeeting seeking expert guidance
- appointmentScheduled time for something
- physicianLicensed medical doctor
nurse · healthcare · checkup · diagnosis · referral · specialist · primary care · examination
Without prior booking
- mobileCapable of movement
- same-dayWithin twenty-four hours
- community-basedCentered on local groups
Curative mental treatment
- medicationTherapeutic substance for illness
- prescriptionMedical dispensing authorization
- careAttentive regard for others
- regimenPrescribed course of treatment
protocol · physiotherapy · counseling · chemotherapy · radiation · immunotherapy · infusion · dialysis
Post-illness healing phase
- healingRestoration of health
- recuperationGradual return to health
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
- follow-upSubsequent action on something
post-operative · discharge · aftercare · progress check · wound healing · physical therapy · occupational therapy · return visit
Remote medical care delivery
- virtual visitRemote healthcare appointment online
- videoconferenceRemote visual meeting
- teleconsultationRemote healthcare consultation
- remote consultationExpert guidance from afar
e-health · digital health · online booking · remote monitoring
hospital
Medical treatment facility
- medical centerHealthcare services facility
- consultationMeeting seeking expert guidance
- appointmentScheduled time for something
physician · nurse · healthcare · checkup · diagnosis · referral · specialist · primary care · examination · waiting room
walk-in
Without prior booking
- mobileCapable of movement
- same-dayWithin twenty-four hours
- community-basedCentered on local groups
therapy
Curative mental treatment
- medicationTherapeutic substance for illness
- prescriptionMedical dispensing authorization
- careAttentive regard for others
regimen · protocol · physiotherapy · counseling · chemotherapy · radiation · immunotherapy · infusion · dialysis · rehabilitation
convalescence
Post-illness healing phase
- healingRestoration of health
- recuperationGradual return to health
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
follow-up · post-operative · discharge · aftercare · progress check · wound healing · physical therapy · occupational therapy · return visit · monitoring
telemedicine
Remote medical care delivery
- virtual visitRemote healthcare appointment online
- videoconferenceRemote visual meeting
- teleconsultationRemote healthcare consultation
remote consultation · e-health · digital health · online booking · remote monitoring
- rehabrehab, rehabilitation, drug rehab, detox, detox center
- healthcaredoctors, nurses, hospitals, hospital, clinic
- medicinedoctor, doctors, hospital, medicine, surgery
- hospitalhospital, admission, wards, ER, bed
- hospitalshospital, ER, emergency room, ICU, operating room
- medical caresurgery, examination, injection, prescription, medication