Multiple Therapy Disciplines At the time of admission, information that the patient required the active and ongoing therapeutic intervention of multiple therapy disciplines (physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech-language pathology, or prosthetics/orthotics), must be documented in the patient's medical record.
U.S. National Library of Medicine(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Maintenance and Engineering, Hospital. Hospital department whose primary function is the upkeep and supervision of the buildings and grounds and the maintenance of hospital physical plant and equipment which requires engineering expertise.
What do patient descriptions such as critical and stable mean? Most hospitals adhere to American Hospital Association guidelines when describing a patient's condition to the media. Those guidelines instruct hospital spokespersons to give out only a one-word description of a patient's condition.