The Modern Hospital

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

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

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]