Healthcare administration
Healthcare Administration
Healthcare administration (pronunciation: /ˈhelθˌker ˌædˈmɪnɪˌstreɪʃən/) is the field relating to leadership, management, and administration of public health systems, health care systems, hospitals, and hospital networks.
Etymology
The term "healthcare administration" is derived from the combination of two words: "healthcare" and "administration". "Healthcare" is a compound word from "health" and "care", where "health" comes from the Old English "hǣlth", meaning "wholeness, a being whole, sound or well," and "care" comes from the Old English "caru", meaning "sorrow, anxiety, grief". "Administration" comes from the Latin "administratio", meaning "a giving to, direction, management".
Related Terms
- Healthcare Management: The profession that provides leadership and direction to organizations that deliver personal health services, and to divisions, departments, units, or services within those organizations.
- Public Health: The science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life, and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals.
- Hospital Network: A group of hospitals that work together to coordinate and deliver a broad spectrum of services to their community.
- Health System: All the activities whose primary purpose is to promote, restore, or maintain health.
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