Healthcare Demand
Demand expected to outstrip supply over the next decade
outlook for private medical care providers is very positive
Almost 80,000 additional hospital beds will be required every year for the next three to four years to adequately meet growing healthcare demands.
Public healthcare system will add 8000 beds per year,
huge business opportunity for Private Hospitals
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Medical Malpractice, Medical Abbreviations
Medical Malpractice
Sheldon F. Kurtz
University of Iowa
Percy Bordwell Professor of Law
Professor of Medicine (Department of Surgery)
The Nature and Extent of Medical Error
How rampant is medical error?
3-jumbo jet crashes a day
Is there too much medical litigation?
Does the data suggest reasons for physicians to be frustrated over malpractice litigation?
The Nature and Extent of Medical Error
How rampant is medical error?
3-jumbo jet crashes a day
Does the data make your nervous about your doctor?
Is there too much medical litigation?
Does the data suggest reasons for physicians to be frustrated over malpractice litigation?
The Nature and Extent of Medical Error
How rampant is medical error?
3-jumbo jet crashes a day
Does the data make your nervous about your doctor?
Is there too much medical litigation?
Does the data suggest reasons for physicians to be frustrated over malpractice litigation?
Extent of Suits
28% for diagnostic errors
27% for surgical errors
26% for improper medical treatment
Who Gets Sued Most
Surgeons
Anesthesiologists
Obstetricians
Emergency Medical Docs
Sheldon F. Kurtz
University of Iowa
Percy Bordwell Professor of Law
Professor of Medicine (Department of Surgery)
The Nature and Extent of Medical Error
How rampant is medical error?
3-jumbo jet crashes a day
Is there too much medical litigation?
Does the data suggest reasons for physicians to be frustrated over malpractice litigation?
The Nature and Extent of Medical Error
How rampant is medical error?
3-jumbo jet crashes a day
Does the data make your nervous about your doctor?
Is there too much medical litigation?
Does the data suggest reasons for physicians to be frustrated over malpractice litigation?
The Nature and Extent of Medical Error
How rampant is medical error?
3-jumbo jet crashes a day
Does the data make your nervous about your doctor?
Is there too much medical litigation?
Does the data suggest reasons for physicians to be frustrated over malpractice litigation?
Extent of Suits
28% for diagnostic errors
27% for surgical errors
26% for improper medical treatment
Who Gets Sued Most
Surgeons
Anesthesiologists
Obstetricians
Emergency Medical Docs
Interfortas medical Medical Abbreviations
Interfortas medical : company profile
-Established in 2003
-Main office in Belgrade and satellite office in Novi Sad specialized in service and maintenance
-The company is specialized in the business with medical X-Ray equipment which includes a few different activities such as:
buying and selling of used and new equipment
maintenance of different type of X -ray equipment
No of employee which are highly experienced in maintenance, service and installation: 6 employee
the company has firm and long-term cooperation with partners from The Netherlands and Germany
owner of four private radio diagnostic clinics in cooperation with doctors
Interfortas medical
Scope of the activities with used X-Ray equipment including realization of turn – key projects such as: - defining type of equipment according to customer request - defining of required space for location with necessary services - searching and finding required equipment - de-installation of equipment - overseas and local transport to location - installation and start up of equipment
-upgrading of existing equipment - training with equipment - special courses for doctors in our clinics ( MRI, CT….. ) - service and maintenance contracts
Interfortas medical
The company has service contracts for equipment maintenance with about 120 medical centers in Serbia , mostly in region of Vojvodina, among are:
- Clinic hospital in Belgrade
- Clinic hospital in Novi Sad
- Institute of Sremska Kamenica
- Clinic centre in Subotica
- Clinic centre in Sremska Mitrovica
- Clinic centre in Zrenjanin
- Clinic centre in Kikinda
- Clinic centre in Sombor
- Clinic centre in Sabac
and many other medium and small hospitals in the territory.
-Established in 2003
-Main office in Belgrade and satellite office in Novi Sad specialized in service and maintenance
-The company is specialized in the business with medical X-Ray equipment which includes a few different activities such as:
buying and selling of used and new equipment
maintenance of different type of X -ray equipment
No of employee which are highly experienced in maintenance, service and installation: 6 employee
the company has firm and long-term cooperation with partners from The Netherlands and Germany
owner of four private radio diagnostic clinics in cooperation with doctors
Interfortas medical
Scope of the activities with used X-Ray equipment including realization of turn – key projects such as: - defining type of equipment according to customer request - defining of required space for location with necessary services - searching and finding required equipment - de-installation of equipment - overseas and local transport to location - installation and start up of equipment
-upgrading of existing equipment - training with equipment - special courses for doctors in our clinics ( MRI, CT….. ) - service and maintenance contracts
Interfortas medical
The company has service contracts for equipment maintenance with about 120 medical centers in Serbia , mostly in region of Vojvodina, among are:
- Clinic hospital in Belgrade
- Clinic hospital in Novi Sad
- Institute of Sremska Kamenica
- Clinic centre in Subotica
- Clinic centre in Sremska Mitrovica
- Clinic centre in Zrenjanin
- Clinic centre in Kikinda
- Clinic centre in Sombor
- Clinic centre in Sabac
and many other medium and small hospitals in the territory.
Medical Abbreviations
W.K. Kellogg Health Sciences Library:-
The Kellogg Library’s Role in Continuing Medical Education
Kellogg Library:-
The Kellogg Library has had an active role in outreach to practitioners since before it was the Kellogg.
The library and Continuing Medical Education have worked closely throughout their shared history.
The Medical Library
Ancient History– The Medical Library:
1864: Dr. Charles Cogswell donated his personal medical library to the Medical Society of Nova Scotia. He envisioned that this collection would be:
part of a medical college,
and that the collection would also be a resource for medical practitioners in the Province of Nova Scotia.
The Medical-Dental Library
Ancient History: The Medical Library
1864: The Medical Library moved around. First it was housed at the City Hospital;
1875: Library moved to the Medical School on the Carleton Campus
Early 1890’s: Library moved Halifax Visiting Dispensatory.
1908: Faculty of Dentistry opens: Cogswell Library becomes the Medical-Dental Library
Throughout this period the library served both the Faculty and the community of physicians.
Kellogg Library
1915: The library moves into the Forrest Bldg.
1915-1916: A dispute developed between the Medical Society and Dalhousie University over the Cogswell bequests and who owned the what was then called the Cogswell library.
The dispute developed into a “friendly lawsuit”.
The Kellogg Library’s Role in Continuing Medical Education
Kellogg Library:-
The Kellogg Library has had an active role in outreach to practitioners since before it was the Kellogg.
The library and Continuing Medical Education have worked closely throughout their shared history.
The Medical Library
Ancient History– The Medical Library:
1864: Dr. Charles Cogswell donated his personal medical library to the Medical Society of Nova Scotia. He envisioned that this collection would be:
part of a medical college,
and that the collection would also be a resource for medical practitioners in the Province of Nova Scotia.
The Medical-Dental Library
Ancient History: The Medical Library
1864: The Medical Library moved around. First it was housed at the City Hospital;
1875: Library moved to the Medical School on the Carleton Campus
Early 1890’s: Library moved Halifax Visiting Dispensatory.
1908: Faculty of Dentistry opens: Cogswell Library becomes the Medical-Dental Library
Throughout this period the library served both the Faculty and the community of physicians.
Kellogg Library
1915: The library moves into the Forrest Bldg.
1915-1916: A dispute developed between the Medical Society and Dalhousie University over the Cogswell bequests and who owned the what was then called the Cogswell library.
The dispute developed into a “friendly lawsuit”.
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