GCX Hospital Terminology

Provide an intermediate level of care between the Intensive Care Units (ICUs) and the general medical-surgical wards. These units, which are also commonly referred to as intermediate care units and transitional care units, are found in many, but not all, hospitals in developed nations

Block forming a division of a hospital (or a suite of rooms) shared by patients who need a similar kind of care

Rooms where surgery occurs

Patient engagement has become a key strategy that refers to the tools and actions taken by patients, caregivers, and healthcare providers to promote informed decision-making and behaviors to facilitate improved health outcomes and lowering costs

Patient experience encompasses the range of interactions that patients have with the health care system, including their care from health plans, and from doctors, nurses, and staff in hospitals, physician practices, and other health care facilities

The department of a hospital that provides care for women during pregnancy and childbirth as well as for newborn infants

Electronic fetal heart monitoring is done during pregnancy, labor, and delivery. It keeps track of the heart rate of your baby (fetus). It also checks the duration of the contractions.

Top level management and administration. "C" because the individual titles start with Chief (CEO, CIO, CFO, etc.).

Pediatric Intensive Care Unit ("peeds" ICU)

Post-anesthesia Care Unit

Operating Room / theater

Includes pre-op, OR, and PACU

General, low-acuity patient rooms

Severity of patient condition (intensive care is high-acuity)

Catheterization. Room where diagnostic cameras are put into arteries or the heart.