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ultrasound unit

Health care; Hospitals

Utilizes a device that employs sound waves to study, image, and diagnose hard-to-reach body areas. The technique is used in every branch of medicine.

urgent care center

Health care; Hospitals

Offers treatment for medical problems that are not life-threatening. These centers function like an emergency room, providing some acute care as well as radiology, laboratory, and other similar ...

virtual colonoscopy

Health care; Hospitals

Non-invasive screening procedure used to visualize, analyze, and detect cancerous, or potentially cancerous polyps in the colon.

volunteer services department

Health care; Hospitals

Enlists and coordinates volunteers who serve in a variety of areas including admitting, ambulatory surgery, the gift shop, etc.

wound care unit

Health care; Hospitals

Unit of the hospital that specializes in the evaluation and treatment of chronic non-healing wounds.

freestanding ambulatory care center

Health care; Hospitals

Freestanding facility designed to provide surgical care on an out-patient basis. Facility is located at the hospital, but in a separate building.

freestanding satellite emergency department

Health care; Hospitals

A facility owned and operated by the hospital but physically separate from the hospital. Provides unscheduled out-patient services to patients whose conditions require treatment.