Collaboration in Health care - John Abele

John Abele talks about the importance of collaboration in healthcare!

John Abele is an American businessman and the co-founder and a director of Boston Scientific, a medical device company.

In 2006, he was ranked #258 by Forbes Magazine's list of "The World's Richest People," with an estimated net worth of $2.7 billion. In 2005 he was ranked #132 by Forbes Magazine's list of "The World's Richest People," with an estimated net worth of $4 billion.

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-Medical Communication in India

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Since dabbling with Medical communications professionally, i have realized it has been something i have been doing for quite some time, without knowing. Anything i share with others in the form of media, which is related to Medicine and health, would come under the heading of Medical communications. Medical communications would thus include all my work on Slideshare, youtube, Docstoc, Scribd, Authorstream etc.

One easy way to access a lot of my communications would be by clicking on the icons below!!

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Anyways, I was doing some research on Medical animation and came across this presentation on history of computer graphics. I should mention here that the only reason i searched Docstoc and not Scribd for my documents is because of the great links posted by Jason Nazar on facebook, regularly. Thanks Jason.

History Of Computer Animation - Free Legal Forms

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Ten Aspects of Web 2.0 Strategy That Every CTO and CIO Should Know [Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog]

Web 2.0 has changed the way things are or can be done. Organizations need to adapt to these new trends ASAP. A few key points of note for business to survive in the new world-

# It's not about technology, it's about the changes it enables.
# The implications of 2.0 stands many traditional views on their head and so change takes more time than usual.
# Get the ideas, concepts, and vocabulary out into the organization and circulating.
# Existing management methods and conventional wisdom are a hard barrier to 2.0 strategy and transformation.
# Avoiding external disruption is hard but managing self-imposed risk caused by 2.0 is easier.
# Incubators and pilots projects can help create initial environments for success with 2.0 efforts.
# Irreversible decisions around 2.0 around topics such as brand, reputation, and corporate strategy can be delayed quite a while, and sometimes forever.
# The technology competence organizations have today are inadequate for moving to 2.0.
# The business side requires 2.0 competence as well.
# Start small, think big.

Using technology in medicine.

A new advanced facility at the University of Minnesota is harnessing big ideas for medical devices.


It's called the Medical Devices Center.


"I don't think there's any place across the country in an academic setting with this kind of facility," said Art Erdman, director of the Medical Devices Center.


Located on the East Bank, the center is a place for engineers and medical professionals to come together and capture the ideas of graduate students often lost when they graduate and move on. "[Ideas] are lost all the time," Erdman noted.



At the center, medical device prototypes from the simple to the complex can be mocked up faster than the weeks it can take if a design has to be made off site. Sometimes prototypes can be finished in a day.


One prototype currently on display that was created at the university is a device that would conduct radial breast compression for MRI's, potentially replacing the bilateral breast compression plates that are currently used.


In addition to prototype manufacturing and providing facilities to test devices on tissue, the center also has new 3D cameras that will be used in about 40 operating rooms around campus.


These cameras will allow groups of engineering students to sit in on surgeries remotely so they can help medical experts solve problems.


Surgeons will also be able to see the students on monitors in the OR and communicate with them during surgery.


"Right now you're lucky if you can get into a surgery suite as an engineer. [They] maybe allow one to two people at a time," engineering graduate student Nathan Knutson said. "So to be able to project those surgeries here and have the prototyping equipment to sit down and start solving the surgeon's problems with their devices and handheld manipulators we can really come across with some great innovations and
breakthroughs."


Not only will graduate students be able to advance their ideas more easily, the center has also hired a team of engineering and medical experts well established in their fields to brainstorm ideas.


And a new fellows program will bring together four experts this fall.


"We put them in a think tank and for one year they seek out relevant clinical needs," Fellows program director Marie Johnson said. "So they actually put on scrubs and go over to the OR's, sit in the clinics, watch rehab, participate in all aspects of medical care and they ask stupid questions."


Those stupid questions though, could lead to the next big idea.


Erdman said harnessing these ideas will be good for the University of Minnesota, and potentially great for the state.


"Arguably, this is the center in the United States for medical devices, certainly in cardiology and urology, so how do we sustain that?" he asked. "It's very important for the economy of the state."


Read it all at:
University of Minnesota Opens New Medical Devices Center - MPO Magazine

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