The Modern Hospital Explained

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."

Their publisher, McGraw Hill Publications,^{[7] [8]} closed the magazine in 1974.^[9]

Reporting

The magazine wrote about new hospitals^[10] and conditions in existing ones.^[11] Smithsonian magazine wrote about Modern Hospital 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."^[12]

One of their features was "hospital of the month".^[13]

Competition

Among competing periodicals of the magazine's era^{[14] [15] [6]} were:

• Hospital Management^[16]
• The Trained Nurse and Hospital Review, a nursing journal^[17]
• Modern Nursing Home^[9]
• Public Health Nursing^[17]

Notes and References

1. News: . Hospital Differentiation.; The Difference Between Private and Proprietary Institutions. . June 22, 1930.
2. News: The New York Times . Streetscapes: Seaview Hospital; A TB Patients' Haven Now Afflicted With Neglect . Christopher Gray . July 16, 1989.
3. News: The New York Times . Anthony Rourke of Hospital Unit . a member of the editorial board and columnist of Modern Hospital . August 26, 1973.
4. Web site: The Modern Hospital.
5. Web site: Weeks . Lewis . 1983 . ROBERT M. CUNNINGHAM, JR. In First Person: An Oral History . January 10, 2023 . Hospital Administration Oral History Collection.
6. News: The New York Times. Convalescence . March 30, 1930.
7. Modern Hospital . . Contents . 10 . 1918.
8. Modern Hospital . McGraw Hill . Modern Hospital . 105 . 1965.
9. News: . New Magazines Planned . February 4, 1974.
10. Web site: History . described in Modern Hospital magazine as.
11. . Medicine: Hospital Boom. Surveying 18 cities, the Modern Hospital reported overcrowding so bad that .
12. . When Fresh Air Went Out of Fashion at Hospitals: How the hospital went from luxury resort to windowless box . Jeanne Kisacky . June 14, 2017.
13. Web site: Henry Ford Hospital.
14. News: The New York Times . He Needed a Fat Man.; Hospital Superintendent Finds Cause of Vague Criticisms. . July 17, 1920.
15. Modern Hospital . . The Modern Hospital, Volume 66, Front Cover, McGraw Hill, 1946. 1946 .
16. News: Ralph Blumenthal . Sandra Roff . March 4, 2018 . Attention 1916 Shoppers: The Doctor Is In . The New York Times.
17. News: The New York Times . Janet M. Geister, Editor, 79, Dead; An Authority on Hospitals and Nursing Wrote Column . December 10, 1964.