outpatients
Patients leaving today
Outpatients are people receiving medical treatment without being admitted to a hospital overnight.
They visit for appointments, procedures, or therapies, then return home the same day: The clinic sees dozens of outpatients daily.
Outpatient care contrasts with inpatient care, where patients stay in the hospital.
Outpatient treatment facility
- waiting roomSpace for anticipating service
- appointmentScheduled time for something
- check-inRegistering one's presence
- consultationMeeting seeking expert guidance
triage · nurse station · pharmacy · medical records · ambulatory care · reception · scheduling · referral
Meeting seeking expert guidance
- diagnosisIdentification of illness
- treatment planOrganized medical intervention schedule
- prescriptionMedical dispensing authorization
- therapyCurative mental treatment
checkup · follow-up · monitoring · medication · noninvasive · procedure · blood work · imaging
Licensed medical doctor
- nurseHealthcare provider, bedside
- specialistExpert in one field
- primary careFirst-line medical services
- doctorLicensed medical healer
healthcare team · nurse practitioner · technician · phlebotomist · therapist · social worker · case manager · receptionist
Ongoing treatment for persistent conditions
- routineRegular sequence of actions
- managementOrganizing and directing resources
- follow-upSubsequent action on something
- remissionTemporary disease absence
wellness · maintenance · disease management · preventive care · long-term care · continuity · compliance · self-management
clinic
Outpatient treatment facility
- waiting roomSpace for anticipating service
- appointmentScheduled time for something
- check-inRegistering one's presence
consultation · triage · nurse station · pharmacy · medical records · ambulatory care · reception · scheduling · referral · day surgery
consultation
Meeting seeking expert guidance
- diagnosisIdentification of illness
- treatment planOrganized medical intervention schedule
- prescriptionMedical dispensing authorization
therapy · checkup · follow-up · monitoring · medication · noninvasive · procedure · blood work · imaging · physical therapy
physician
Licensed medical doctor
- nurseHealthcare provider, bedside
- specialistExpert in one field
- primary careFirst-line medical services
doctor · healthcare team · nurse practitioner · technician · phlebotomist · therapist · social worker · case manager · receptionist · medical assistant
chronic care
Ongoing treatment for persistent conditions
- routineRegular sequence of actions
- managementOrganizing and directing resources
- follow-upSubsequent action on something
remission · wellness · maintenance · disease management · preventive care · long-term care · continuity · compliance · self-management · health maintenance
- populationspatients, elderly patients, stroke patients, trauma patients, ICU patients
- patientsinpatient, chemo patients, chemotherapy patients, geriatric patients, hospice patients
- healthcaredoctors, nurses, hospitals, hospital, clinic
- invalidsinvalid, invalids, infirm, bedridden, incapacitated
- mental health patientsdepressed people, manic depressives
- outpatient clinicsMedical facilities without overnight stays
- outpatient surgeryProcedure without overnight admission
- outpatient careHealthcare without hospitalization
- outpatient rehabTreatment without hospitalization
- outpatient treatmentCare without overnight admission
- outpatient servicesTreatment without overnight stay
outpatient, outpatient care, outpatient clinic, outpatient services