Wikipedia:WikiProject Hospitals/Tutorials

Naming conventions
Hospital articles should follow the WP:COMMONNAME policy. If disambiguation is needed because several hospitals have the same name, it should adhere to the "Hospital (Town)" or "Hospital, Town" format, depending on the local convention. If both the hospital and town/city name are the same, then you would generally use the "Hospital (Town, State)" format.

Notability
Lists of hospitals in a given country or state should contain a reference for each hospital listed. Notable hospitals should have links to the article about the hospital. Generally, there should be a list article for every country or state with hospitals. Alternately, if there are only a few hospitals in a country and nothing more to say, the hospitals could be listed in the list of hospitals in the continent or healthcare article for the country with an anchor in the article and a redirect for "List of hospitals in country" to the anchor.

Articles about hospitals, clinics, and related organizations must comply with the WP:ORG notability standard, which requires, as an absolute minimum:
 * 1) that the hospital has been noticed by two unrelated, independent third-party sources
 * 2) that at least one source that discusses the organization in-depth (many paragraphs directly about the hospital)
 * 3) that at least one source that is outside of the organization's local/service area, including state or national recognition as a trauma center or medical specialty center.

In practice, large, regional hospitals will almost always meet all of these standards, particularly those designated as Level I trauma centers. Verification or designation as a trauma center of any level is sufficient to represent a source that is outside the organization's local area. Nearly all hospitals, regardless of size, and most medical clinics and related organizations will have been the subject of at least one in-depth article in their local newspaper. Nevertheless, some smaller hospitals and many clinics will not meet all these notability criteria. Routine coverage and passing mentions (such as "The victim was taken to E. Normous Medical Center" or "Dr. Smith of Smallville Hospital, said...") do not count. Additionally, a single author or publisher counts as only one source, regardless of the number of publications by this person or publisher.

Hospitals that do not meet all parts of this standard do not qualify for a stand-alone article, and should instead be described in the country/state list of hospitals and in a section on healthcare or emergency services in their hometown articles or parent organization, with suitable redirects from the hospital's name. Additionally, if the independent sources available to you would not permit you to write more than one or two paragraphs, then it may be preferable to add that information to a larger article, with appropriate redirects.

Format of lists

 * Include the name of the hospital, as well as the city and county where it is located.
 * List the hospitals in a sortable table in the alphabetical order of the city or county where the hospital is located.
 * Include a reference for each hospital listed.
 * Optionally, include the number of staffed or licensed beds for each hospital
 * Notable hospitals should be linked in the list

Format of hospital articles
 ==History==   ==References==   
 * Include the full Infobox hospital at the top of the article, even if some parameters are not known
 * Avoid promotional laundry lists of services provided
 * Include a section on the history of the hospital
 * Include a section on notable services, persons or events about the hospital
 * Include a references section, i.e.
 * Include images in Infobox

Infobox hospital
The text below should be copied to the first line of articles about hospitals. See Template:Infobox hospital/doc for additional guidance.



Example Infobox hospital
An example Infobox hospital for Mount Carmel East hospital is shown at the right.

Project template
The WikiProject Hospitals template should be copied to the top of the article talk page for all hospital articles:

Finding sources
Search engines do not always do a good job of finding articles, so sometimes you have to dig a little. You should start with a search engine to find a good regional, national, or international source.

TV stations may be considered as a regional source, so a search of their websites may generate some results. Local and regional newspapers will usually cover a significant event, usually associated with the anniversary of the hospital, purchase of new equipment, or major expansion.

Most U.S. states and countries have medical associations that publish directories. Licensing authorities at the state or federal level also publish directories of hospitals. These directories should contain sufficient information for Lists of hospitals. The British archives has historical material about historical hospitals in Great Britain.

Basic facts about hospitals can be found in the American Hospital Directory,

Hospital coordinates
The coordinates for a hospital should be included in the Infobox hospital with the parameters "type:landmark|display=inline, title"

What location should be used for the coordinates of a hospital? The ideal coordinate would be the coordinate for the main entrance to the hospital or emergency room entrance when known. Otherwise, a coordinate that is in the center of a rectangle containing the main hospital building should be used. Sources such as Google Maps usually contain confirmed coordinates from Google Maps users that registered coordinates within the hospital.