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.
Structural health monitoring. The process of implementing a damage detection and characterization strategy for engineering structures is referred to as structural health monitoring (SHM). Here damage is defined as changes to the material and/or geometric properties of a structural system, including changes to the boundary conditions and system connectivity, which adversely affect the system's performance.