outpatient
noun
out·pa·tient
ˈau̇t-ˌpā-shənt 
often attributive
: a patient who is not hospitalized overnight but who visits a hospital, clinic, or associated facility for diagnosis or treatment compare inpatient
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Parekh and Weiss said the new AI transcription tool will give doctors the ability to be fully present during patient visits at the new UHealth SoLé Mia, 2111 Sole Mia Way, which is part of a mega-development of residential towers and is now UHealth’s largest outpatient facility.
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Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2025
Once Carol weighs in, siding with Oliver, the patient opts for outpatient treatment.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 29 Sep. 2025
The legislature passed a bill that stopped allowing Medicaid to set prior authorization for outpatient psychotherapy in 2022.
—Meg Wingerter, Denver Post, 29 Sep. 2025
Increasingly, though, our ERs have become America’s default outpatient clinics, caring not only for the critically ill and injured, but for patients with pressing, non-life-threatening conditions whose insurers have blocked access elsewhere.
—Dr. Nicholas Cozzi, Time, 25 Sep. 2025
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Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2025
Once Carol weighs in, siding with Oliver, the patient opts for outpatient treatment.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 29 Sep. 2025
The legislature passed a bill that stopped allowing Medicaid to set prior authorization for outpatient psychotherapy in 2022.
—Meg Wingerter, Denver Post, 29 Sep. 2025
Increasingly, though, our ERs have become America’s default outpatient clinics, caring not only for the critically ill and injured, but for patients with pressing, non-life-threatening conditions whose insurers have blocked access elsewhere.
—Dr. Nicholas Cozzi, Time, 25 Sep. 2025
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“Outpatient.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/outpatient. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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outpatient
noun
out·pa·tient
ˈau̇t-ˌpā-shənt
: a patient who visits a hospital for diagnosis or treatment without staying overnight compare inpatient
Medical Definition
outpatient
noun
out·pa·tient
ˈau̇t-ˌpā-shənt
: a patient who is not hospitalized overnight but who visits a hospital, clinic, or associated facility for diagnosis or treatment compare inpatient
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