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Ambulatory care — is a personal health care consultation, treatment or intervention using advanced medical technology or procedures delivered on an outpatient basis (i.e. where the patient’s stay at the hospital or clinic, from the time of registration to… … Wikipedia
Ambulatory care nursing — is characterized by rapid, focused assessments of patients, long term nurse/patient/family relationships, and teaching and translating prescriptions for care into doable activities for patients and their caregivers. [ [http://www.aaacn.org] ]… … Wikipedia
Ambulatory surgery center — Ambulatory surgery centers (ASC) are also known as outpatient surgery centers or same day surgery centers.An ASC is a health care facility that specializes in providing surgery, including certain pain management and diagnostic (e.g., colonoscopy) … Wikipedia
Ambulatory care — Medical care (including diagnosis, observation, treatment and rehabilitation) provided on an outpatient basis. Ambulatory care is given to persons who are not confined to a hospital but rather are "ambulatory" and, literally, are able… … Medical dictionary
ambulatory — ambulatorily, adv. /am byeuh leuh tawr ee, tohr ee/, adj., n., pl. ambulatories. adj. 1. of, pertaining to, or capable of walking: an ambulatory exploration of the countryside. 2. adapted for walking, as the limbs of many animals. 3. moving about … Universalium
ambulatory — I. adjective Date: 1598 1. of, relating to, or adapted to walking; also occurring during a walk 2. moving from place to place ; itinerant 3. capable of being altered < a will is ambulatory until the testator s death > 4. a. able to walk about and … New Collegiate Dictionary
Ambulatory — Able to ambulate, to walk about, not bed ridden or hospitalized. * * * am·bu·la·to·ry am byə lə .tōr ē, .tȯr adj 1) of, relating to, or adapted to walking <ambulatory exercise> 2 a) able to walk about and not bedridden <an ambulatory… … Medical dictionary
Care, postoperative — The care given after surgery until the patient s discharge from the hospital or surgicenter and, in some cases, continuing on an ambulatory basis. Postoperative care is aimed at meeting the patient s physical and psychological needs directly… … Medical dictionary
ambulatory care — outpatient care, medical care for patients who are not bedridden … English contemporary dictionary
Surgical Care Affiliates — Surgical Care Affiliates, LLC Type Private Founded 2007 Headquarters Birmingham, Alabama, USA … Wikipedia
