22 Terms
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Hospitals
Open heart surgery services
Health care; Hospitals
A specialised department characterised by heart surgery in which the procedure is performed inside the heart.
Orthopaedic surgery services
Health care; Hospitals
Devoted to treatment of the skeletal system, its joints, muscles, and associated structures.
Other special care
Health care; Hospitals
Provides care to patients requiring care more intensive than that provided in the acute area, yet not sufficiently intensive to require admission to an intensive care unit. Patients are usually ...
Hospital library
Health care; Hospitals
Provides materials for research, as well as video tapes, films, books, publications, and periodicals, etc. that can be checked out.
Image guided radiation therapy
Health care; Hospitals
Automated system for image-guided radiation therapy that enables clinicians to obtain high-resolution x-ray images to pinpoint tumour sites, adjust patient positioning when necessary, and complete a ...
Intensity modulated radiation therapy
Health care; Hospitals
A type of three-dimensional radiation therapy, which improves the targeting of treatment delivery in a way that is likely to decrease damage to normal tissues and allows varying intensities. Used to ...
Intermediate nursing care
Health care; Hospitals
Provides health-related services to residents with a variety of physical conditions or functional disabilities. These residents do not require the care provided by a hospital or skilled nursing ...
