The Modern Hospital

Defunct print publication

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

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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

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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

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

## External links

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* OCLC 930480

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