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Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

admissions desk

German translation:

Empfang

    The asker opted for community grading. The question was closed on 2010-05-08 18:57:48 based on peer agreement (or, if there were too few peer comments, asker preference.)
May 4, 2010 21:07
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English term

admissions desk

English to German Medical Medical: Health Care general
Es geht um den Arbeitsplatz der medizinischen Fachangestellten. Ich stelle mir gerade ein Glossar zusammen und mir will einfach keine simple Lösung für "admissions desk" einfallen. Auch habe ich überlegt, ob im Deutschen dabei nicht auch begrifflich zwischen der Aufnahme im Krankenhaus und in der Arztpraxis unterschieden wird. Vielen Dank im Voraus für Anregungen und Vorschläge!
Proposed translations (German)
3 +2 Empfang
3 +1 Aufnahme

Discussion

Katja Schoone May 5, 2010:
@ Diana Thanks ;-)
British Diana May 5, 2010:
voting is kinda difficult as both girls have got both parts of the answer correct.
BTW, Katja, your new photo is just great (Susanne, yours already was a great one)!
Katja Schoone May 5, 2010:
at the doctor's I'd call it Empfang and in hospital (Patienten-)aufnahme
Yael Katz (asker) May 5, 2010:
Thank you for clarifying that "admissions desk" refers to hospitals, I wasn't aware of this. I think "(bei der) Patientenaufnahme" is a good solution when describing the process in hospitals, and for the work station in hospitals "Empfang" or "Rezeption" seems fine. So the question remains: What do you call the reception desk at your doctor's office? "Empfang"?
Hermeneutica May 5, 2010:
With Armorel. Admissions clearly = Aufnahme, but in a clinic often the actual "admission" has already been effected via a referral or over the phone, and the actual "admissions desk" is much of a "reception desk" in *that* context. Put some sort of disambiguation note in your glossary?
British Diana May 5, 2010:
Aufnahme ? I would say that Susanne's quotation gives us a clue. The new patient can acquire his or her telephone either at the reception desk (in the foyer of the hospital) where not only patients but all visitors are "received" (= Empfang), or later on when he or she is actually officially "aufgenommen" or admitted for the hospital stay. This usually happens in a separate office near the Empfang, or might even be on the ward (I seem to remember we had a KudoZ question recently referring to the Schwestern-Stützpunkt?) but what is its name?
"Bei der Aufnahme" may not be a geographical term at all but a temporal one meaning "during the registration process" .
Armorel Young May 5, 2010:
admissions vs. reception It isn't clear to me what is required here - "admissions" refers quite specifically to someone who is being admitted to a hospital or clinic as an in-patient (so it is hard to see how an Arztpraxis could have an admissions desk, since presumably they aren't admitting people as in-patients). If you are just arriving for an outpatient or doctor's appointment, then you would go to "reception" or the "reception desk".

Proposed translations

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Empfang

Empfang passt IMO sowohl zu Praxen als auch zur Klinik; bei einer Praxis würde ich nicht "Aufnahme" verwenden.

hier ist z. B. bei einer Klinik von "Rezeption & Empfang" die Rede:
http://www.schoen-kliniken.de/ptp/kkh/ros/



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Note added at 12 Min. (2010-05-04 21:19:46 GMT)
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"Praxis Empfang"
http://images.google.de/imgres?imgurl=http://www.praxis-grab...

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Note added at 18 Min. (2010-05-04 21:25:50 GMT)
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wenn es ein Glossar ist, kannst du ja vielleicht auch beide Begriffe verwenden, also Empfang und Aufnahme; hier z. B. sind das anscheinend getrennte Bereiche:

Die Klinik verfügt über eine moderne Telefonanlage, die es dem Patienten ermöglicht, direkt zu wählen und angewählt zu werden. Ein Gebührencomputer gewährleistet eine zuverlässige Abrechnung. Das Telefon kann am Empfang oder bei der Aufnahme angemeldet werden.
http://www.helios-kliniken.de/klinik/bad-nauheim/ihr-klinika...
Peer comment(s):
agree Ingeborg Gowans (X)
1 hr
agree Nicole Backhaus
8 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "This was a difficult decision but I think this is the term that might be suitable for most situations. Thanks to all of you for your input! "
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Aufnahme

würde ich das nennen
Peer comment(s):
agree Rolf Keiser : sehe ich auch so - besser "Patientenaufnahme" zur Registrierung aller relevanten Daten.
12 hrs
Danke schön!
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