''The Modern Hospital'' (published 1913 to 1974) was the American Hospital Association's

trade journal A trade magazine, also called a trade journal or trade paper (colloquially or disparagingly a trade rag), is a magazine or newspaper whose target audience is people who work in a particular trade or industry. The collective term for this ...

in the fields of "nursing, hospital and allied magazines." They published year books, and their Gold Medal was given as recognition of "a significant contribution to the literature of hospitals and hospital service." Their publisher, McGraw Hill Publications, closed the magazine in 1974.

Reporting

The magazine wrote about new hospitals and conditions in existing ones. '' Smithsonian'' magazine wrote about ''Modern Hospital'' 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." One of their features was "hospital of the month".

Competition

Among competing periodicals of the magazine's era were: * ''Hospital Management'' * ''The Trained Nurse and Hospital Review'', a nursing journal * ''Modern Nursing Home'' * ''Public Health Nursing''

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* Defunct magazines published in the United States Magazines disestablished in 1974 Professional and trade magazines Magazines established in 1913 {{trade-mag-stub