The Modern Hospital[1][2][3] (published 1913 to 1974)[4] was a journal founded by Otho Ball, "an ophthalmologist who was interested in the business administration of hospitals."[5]
They published year books,[6] and their Gold Medal was given as recognition of "a significant contribution to the literature of hospitals and hospital service."[7]
Their publisher, McGraw Hill Publications,[8][9] closed the magazine in 1974.[10]
Reporting[edit]
The magazine wrote about new hospitals[11] and conditions in existing ones.[12] Smithsonian magazine wrote about Modern Hospital's 1942 coverage of proposed windowless hospital rooms: "in the 1940s it was a shocking proposal" since it violated "a fundamental assumption: In order to remain disease-free and health-giving, hospital spaces required direct access to sunlight and fresh air."[13]
One of their features was "hospital of the month".[14]
Competition[edit]
Among competing periodicals of the magazine's era[15][16][6] were:
- Hospital Management[17]
- The Trained Nurse and Hospital Review, a nursing journal[7]
- Modern Nursing Home[10]
- Public Health Nursing[7]
References[edit]
- ^ "Hospital Differentiation.; The Difference Between Private and Proprietary Institutions". The New York Times. June 22, 1930.
- ^ Christopher Gray (July 16, 1989). "Streetscapes: Seaview Hospital; A TB Patients' Haven Now Afflicted With Neglect". The New York Times.
- ^ "Anthony Rourke of Hospital Unit". The New York Times. August 26, 1973.
a member of the editorial board and columnist of Modern Hospital
- ^ "The Modern Hospital".
- ^ Weeks, Lewis (1983). "ROBERT M. CUNNINGHAM, JR. In First Person: An Oral History" (PDF). Hospital Administration Oral History Collection. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
- ^ a b "Convalescence". The New York Times. March 30, 1930.
- ^ a b c "Janet M. Geister, Editor, 79, Dead; An Authority on Hospitals and Nursing Wrote Column". The New York Times. December 10, 1964.
- ^ "Contents". Modern Hospital. Vol. 10. McGraw Hill. 1918.
- ^ "Modern Hospital". Modern Hospital. Vol. 105. McGraw Hill. 1965.
- ^ a b "New Magazines Planned". The New York Times. February 4, 1974.
- ^ "History".
described in Modern Hospital magazine as
- ^ "Medicine: Hospital Boom". Time.
Surveying 18 cities, the Modern Hospital reported overcrowding so bad that
- ^ Jeanne Kisacky (June 14, 2017). "When Fresh Air Went Out of Fashion at Hospitals: How the hospital went from luxury resort to windowless box". Smithsonian.
- ^ "Henry Ford Hospital".
- ^ "He Needed a Fat Man.; Hospital Superintendent Finds Cause of Vague Criticisms". The New York Times. July 17, 1920.
- ^ "The Modern Hospital, Volume 66, Front Cover, McGraw Hill, 1946". Modern Hospital. McGraw Hill. 1946.
- ^ Ralph Blumenthal; Sandra Roff (March 4, 2018). "Attention 1916 Shoppers: The Doctor Is In". The New York Times.
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