Medical imaging is the graphic visualization of the body for use in diagnosis, treatment and monitoring of medical conditions. Imaging technologies play a vital role in making medical procedures more scientific as they help confirm or reject the diagnostician’s or physician’s initial hypothesis about the patient’s ailment. The drive for more emergent bio-optical devices has
Local tax assessors and the federal government require all non-profit and tax-exempt organizations to pay up when their bills become due. This is why most healthcare facilities employ competent accountants to setup online accounts, negotiate tax rates, and issue payments before tax bills fall delinquent. An online master in taxation degree is usually necessary to
Do the administrators and managers in your healthcare organization dedicate enough time and energy to planning? If not, the healthcare products or services you provide may not be up to the standards expected in this industry. Professionally run healthcare facilities are always putting new plans in place and are always refining these plans. Your healthcare
Patients’ medical records contain highly sensitive information — which is why data protection regulations are suitably stringent. The Data Protection Act 1998 enforces regulations on all UK organisations and individuals classed as either data controllers or data processors. And the European-wide General Data Protection Regulation hits the statute books in May 2018 — bringing greater
Surgical scissors or “forceps” are surgical instruments engineered to make dissections and other cuts with high accuracy and precision. So while choosing one, several important factors such as ease-of-handling, dimensional accuracy, quality, and manoeuvrability come into play. Engineering Surgical scissors cutting through a tissue apply three kinds of forces – torque, closing and shear. Closing
The National Health Service (NHS) was established by Aneurin Bevan in 1948 with three core values: That it meets the needs of everyone That it’s free at the point of delivery That treatment is based on clinical need, not ability to pay. It became a unifying institution for a post-war populace struggling with austerity —
If you run a long-term care facility, you’ll want to ensure you hire the best people you can. Your team will be responsible for making your facility a success and providing the high level of care that you want your patients to receive. You will want to ensure you form a team that works well
Procuring financing for hospitals is not as easy as many think because a hospital is basically listed as a not-for-profit organization. It is not allowed to issue stock and debt financing stands out as the only real option available in most cases, all through tax-exempt bonds. There are also some for-profit hospitals, of course. They
The latest advancement in healthcare technology for heart patients is the leadless pacemaker, which is aimed at eliminating the dangers of implanting pacemaker leads into the heart. Traditional cardiac pacemakers are constructed using a Hypodermis Pulse Generator (in the chest wall) and transvenous pacing leads (in the myocardial tissue). These leads are considered the weakest
Nothing is more important than medical and scientific research. This is especially true of researching infectious diseases that have no cure, such as salmonella, E.coli, Ebola, dengue fever, and many more. These transmittable diseases continue to plague the world, but scientific research is not infallible. What if it’s the research that causes a widespread and