HealthDoc Hospital Management System Glossary
Clear, practical definitions of hospital management, healthcare operations, patient administration, clinical workflows, digital records, diagnostics, pharmacy, billing, and hospital technology. Search or browse A–Z.
A Hospital Management System (HMS) glossary explains the essential terms used in modern hospital administration and digital healthcare operations — from patient registration, OPD, IPD, and emergency care to electronic medical records (EMR), laboratory management, pharmacy, inventory, billing, and operational analytics. Explore 16 easy-to-understand definitions covering the terminology, processes, and technologies that help hospitals manage their day-to-day operations more efficiently.
16 terms
Admission Management
Admission management refers to the administrative and operational process of formally admitting a patient to a hospital for medical treatment, observation, surgery or other inpatient services.
Ambulatory Care
Ambulatory care is a broad category of healthcare services delivered to patients who visit a hospital, clinic or healthcare facility for treatment and return home without being formally admitted for an overnight stay.
Appointment Scheduling
Appointment scheduling is the process of organising and assigning specific dates and times for patients to access medical consultations or other hospital services.
Asset Management
Asset management in hospitals refers to the systematic administration, tracking, monitoring and maintenance of physical resources used by the organisation.
Attendance Management
Attendance management refers to the systematic recording and monitoring of employee presence, working hours, shifts, absences, late arrivals and other attendance-related information.
Audit Trail
An audit trail is a chronological record of activities and changes performed within an information system.
Authorization Management
Authorization management is the process of determining what an individual or system is permitted to access or perform.
Automated Billing
Automated billing refers to the use of software and digital workflows to calculate, generate and maintain patient billing records with minimal manual intervention.
Average Length of Stay (ALOS)
Average Length of Stay is a hospital performance measure that indicates the average duration of inpatient hospitalisation for discharged patients during a specified period.
Bed Allocation
Bed allocation refers to the process of assigning an available hospital bed to a patient who requires admission or transfer to an inpatient care unit.
Bed Availability
Bed availability is the number of beds that can currently be assigned to patients in a hospital or a specific ward.
Bed Occupancy Rate
Bed Occupancy Rate is the percentage of available bed-days that are occupied by patients during a defined period.
Bed Turnover Rate
Bed Turnover Rate refers to the average number of patients who occupy each hospital bed during a defined period.
Billing Cycle
A billing cycle is the complete sequence of steps involved in preparing and settling a patient's bill for services received from a hospital.
Billing Management
Billing management refers to the end-to-end administration of patient-related charges, from recording billable services to generating bills and maintaining payment records.
Budget Management
Budget management refers to the process of preparing financial plans, allocating funds, monitoring expenditure, and reviewing financial performance against approved budgets.
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