private patient

noun

British

: a person who gets and pays for medical treatment outside of the National Health Service

Examples of private patient in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Healthcare providers, for instance, are leveraging private patient records (with the right privacy protections) to train AI models that can diagnose diseases faster and more accurately than general-purpose AI. —Kolawole Samuel Adebayo, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025

According to its website, the five-level facility has 104 beds with all private patient rooms and opened in 2019. —John Bacon, USA TODAY, 25 Feb. 2025

There are singular moments, such as Floria’s shouting argument with a private patient who keeps summoning her to complain about his tea. —Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 17 Feb. 2025

Novant’s new tower has 24 private patient rooms in the medical/surgical unit. —Chase Jordan, Charlotte Observer, 28 Jan. 2025

Why not put a surtax on private patient medical bills to support NYC Health and Hospitals Corp.? —Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 25 Jan. 2024

Among the features: taller floor heights, more space for improved beds and mobile equipment, private patient rooms, better natural light and improved lines of sight from nursing stations. —George Avalos, The Mercury News, 28 Feb. 2024

So doctors technically are violating HIPAA by putting private patient information into the Web browser. —IEEE Spectrum, 7 July 2023

Prosecutors alleged Clampitt and three other defendants used private patient information — such as names, dates of birth and insurance subscriber identification numbers — to submit claims to insurers for COVID-19 testing that was never actually performed. —Isabella Volmert, Dallas News, 2 May 2023

Rhymes for private patient

• impatient
• inpatient
• outpatient