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4. Ancillary Support Services
Support services other than room, board, medical and nursing services.
Hospitals normally outsource such services as diagnostics, therapeutic and
custodial.

Skills and Knowledge for Ancillary Support Services:

3 and 4 dimensional imaging

Medical prosthetics

Caregiver education

Mental health

Caregiver stress reduction

Nutrition

Computer aided design (CAD)

Occupational therapy

Counseling - family/personal

Pastoral/Chaplin Services

Digital

Pharmacy

Disability support

Physical Therapy

Governmental services

Poly Pharmacy (compound)

Graphic design

Prosthesis

Hearing

Radiological

Hospice

Religious/Spiritual

Innovative Medical Devices

Safety

Lab

Social Workers

Language services - translation

Speech Therapy

Massage therapy

Virtual reality imaging

Medical art

Vision

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