Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Medical Technology Business a Prospective, Medical Abbreviations

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

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

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.

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”.