A clinic can be a health center.
The concept of clinic is used with reference to the practice of medicine (the science dedicated to preventing, diagnosing and treating human ailments, diseases and disorders).
Historically, it is the diagnosis that is made to the patient according to the set of symptoms reported by the patient, and according to medical criteria and complemented with a physical and laboratory examination, taking into account that the speed with which it is carried out largely depends. the success of the treatment to follow.
With this notion, various expressions linked to medical practice are constructed. A clinical analysis , in this framework, consists of the examination of substances or elements present in the body to establish a diagnosis.
Medical record
The medical history , on the other hand, is the document that links various data that are relevant to a patient's condition and the disease they suffer from. This history provides useful information to know how the subject evolves over time and constitutes a valuable contribution in the follow-up and subsequent consultation for the doctor, being of vital importance for the treatment, since in some cases it avoids the mixture of incompatible medications between Yes, they can lead to death.
Given the circumstance that the patient must change professionals, thanks to this invaluable help, the zero-sheet evaluation should not be started since it is a permanent record of the different procedures, studies and drugs used to date.
A health center
A health center is also called a clinic. According to the dictionary of the Royal Spanish Academy ( RAE ), the term can refer to those establishments that are linked to educational institutions and that can serve outpatients or those who remain hospitalized in the place. It is important to highlight that in recent years national and international prevention campaigns have been of great help in the search for an early diagnosis.
Beyond this definition, a clinic is also any private health center that offers various services linked to patient care . Diagnoses and treatments are carried out in clinics. Due to these characteristics, clinics can be compared to hospitals , the former being generally very modern centers with highly complex, state-of-the-art devices, intended for diagnosis and subsequent treatment, with the technological advances available on the market.
There are specialized clinics, such as a dental clinic or an eye clinic.
famous clinics
An example of a clinic is the Mayo Clinic , founded in 1889 in the American city of Rochester . It has branches in Phoenix , Scottsdale and Jacksonville , in addition to agreements with establishments in Wisconsin , Iowa and Minnesota .
Another example, no less important in terms of study and search for innovative treatments, is the Cleveland Clinic , founded in 1921, which is located near University Circle in Cleveland, with branches in Florida, Canada and Abu Dhabi, among others. The Cleveland Clinic is often recognized by prestigious publications for its patient-first policy. His scientific advances and discoveries are innumerable, such as the isolation of serotonin for the treatment of hypertension, the first gene associated with macular degeneration in young people, the detection of the gene responsible for coronary heart diseases, etc.
Specialized places
It should be noted that, according to their specialty, it is possible to distinguish between ophthalmological clinics , psychiatric clinics , trauma clinics , etc., all of them equipped to provide the greatest comfort as possible, since in some cases the examinations to which they must be patients undergo are painful and invasive.
Although depending on their cost and location there are luxury hotels and the most sophisticated devices to meet the requirements of professionals in different specialties, they continue to stand out for the excellence and humanity of the medical staff.