Medical Technology Training

How someone could define what is Science and Technology?

Science is search for the profound knowledge. Scientists investigate the world around us. They observe how things work and develop ideas about ways to make them work better. Sometimes they try to test an idea to explain how something works. Scientists perform experiments to find out how things work. The knowledge that they discover is useful for many things. It can help to build new machines. It can help scientists to develop new medicines or cure a disease. Technology is the use of scientific knowledge to create new things.

Then what is an Inventor?

An inventor is a person who creates a new idea or device to perform a task. An invention is the new technology created. An inventor with a new idea or design for an invention may decide to have the idea protected. The idea gets protection from the law in a paper called a patent. A patent prevents other people from making, using, or selling the new idea without permission from the inventor. Some inventions are simply a better way of doing or building something. They may improve an existing technology. Other inventions are much more complicated.

Today’s technology has been in the process of development for thousands of years. New inventions are constantly changing how people work and play. They change how people think and live. The future constantly brings us even more changes. This will happen as we continue to learn about the world.

Do we depend on science and technology?

What did you do today? Did you talk on the telephone? Did you ride in a car or on a bus? Did you use a computer or turn on a light? If you did any of these things, you used technology.

Almost everybody uses some form of technology at work, home, or school. Computer programmers use computer technology to write a computer program. People may write letters using a computer program called a word processor. Many people work in the entertainment industry. Camera operators use television and motion-picture cameras. They use them to make TV shows and movies. Disc jockeys, or DJs, play records and CDs on the radio.

Scientists use all sorts of technology to study the Earth and the Universe. Businesses often have telephones, fax machines, and computers. Graphic designers use desktop publishing programs to create books and magazines. Doctors frequently use medical technology. They use it to treat injuries, illnesses, and diseases such as cancer. Pilots fly airplanes and helicopters. Who knows what jobs will be created by new technologies in the future!

Information technology is increasingly recognized as an important tool for improving patient safety and quality of care, especially by promoting the practice of evidence-based medicine. Of all the health information technology currently in use, the electronic medical record (EMR) has the widest range of capabilities and thus the greatest potential for improving quality of patient care.

Why are Electronic Medical Records important?

In the era of cutting edge technology, preservation of documents in paper format is gradually being replaced by their preservation in electronic format. Electronic medical record systems are one such aspect of advanced technology, which help you preserve your medical documents in e-format.

Electronic medical records are central to computerization of health information systems. They assist healthcare professionals and administrators to be highly efficient and professional. This paperless technology is crucial to achieving peak performance in other areas of medical operations such as decision support systems. They are important to help deliver high quality, efficient and cost-effective healthcare solutions to all sections of society.

What is an Electronic Medical Record?

Electronic medical records, or EMRs, consist of patient medical information stored as electronic files on computer. The acceptance of EMRs continues to grow due to the increased importance and benefits of electronic records within the medical community.

The following are the Benefits of Electronic Medical Records (EMRs):

1. Reduce Documentation Errors.

Typed EMR documentation greatly reduces patient care errors because it eliminates the second-guessing associated with illegible documentation of patient care orders or prescriptions.

2. Provide Instant Access to Patient Information.

EMRs provide instant access to patient information. With paper-based records, doctors have to wait for medical reports to be transcribed and typed and sometimes to be sent elsewhere. However, EMR information is instantly accessible for patient care.

3. Allow Sharing of Information.

EMRs allow various doctors treating the same patient to share records across many networks, even if they are not in the same location.

4. Offer Integration.

EMRs allow integration of different clinical systems into one record. For example, a doctor can review another doctors’ orders, switch to the pharmaceutical system and review the patient’s current medication and then review X-rays on another system – all from one access point.

5. Provide Audit Trails.

Once paper-based medical records leave the medical records department, no tracking mechanisms are in place to ensure that the patient’s information is kept confidential. EMRs provide increased confidentiality with audit trails -keeping track of each individual who has reviewed a patient’s information, including the date and time it was viewed.

How to Implement an Electronic Medical Record?

EMRs allow quick and easy access, storage and retrieval of patient information from a variety of integrated health care resources. However, implementation of EMRs are timely and costly, therefore a comprehensive plan must be in place before beginning the process.

1. Evaluate organisational requirements.

The input of other individuals is a key to the success of EMR implementation.
Complete an evaluation of organisational requirements and strategies to ensure appropriate resources are in place to support the implementation of EMR.

2. Ensure staff corporation.

Lack of staff corporation may result in decreased productivity, lower morale and even major financial impact. Allow staff using the software to voice their opinions about existing systems and provide input into the acquisition of any new systems.

3. Set-up a review panel.

Select a review panel representing all intended users of the system. The panel acts as a liaison between users and top management and also participate in selecting the final EMR product.

4. Identify system integration.

Determine the required level of integration with existing systems.

5. Budgetary consideration.

Cost is the main reason why health care organisations and doctors are reluctant to implement EMRs. When the decision is made to embark on the procurement of EMRs, consideration must be given to cost implications based upon budgetary constraints and the potential return on investment.

6. Test system.

Ensure the system is appropriate for your organization: is it congruent with the size, cost and needs of your organization?

7. Focus the selection process.

The process of deciding which system to acquire must be narrowed to three preferred choices by the selection panel to prevent information overload.

8. Request external support

The use of external support such as health care consultants might make the process easier as they will be in the perfect position to ask the right questions before making a decision on a particular supplier. Consultants can also provide impartial advice on systems and suppliers.

GENERAL CONCEPTS of cold roll former line processing:

Roll-forming is a process in which the shape of a metal panel is developed by gradually bending the metal through a series of roll stands, or passes. Each stand must generate the appropriate amount of deformation for which it was designed. In general, the level o deformation at each stand is not constant due to adjustments for springback and the preservation of dimension. Since the tooling is designed to control the outside dimensions o a panel, roll formers are usually designed to overwork the metal in specific stands. Problems in the forming system or tooling design may exist if materials have to be overworked in the stands/tooling other than those designed for overwork. Therefore, when roll-forming problems occur, it is important to examine each stage of the process and not merely the stand at which the problem initially appears.

The goal of a smooth ‘roll-forming’ operation is achieved when there is uniform meta deformation throughout the line. Roll formers are designed to be reasonably quiet during the operation. They are not designed to run with material “popping” and wrinkling throughout the operation. If this occurs, the operation needs to be investigated.

Two basic types of roll-forming systems are utilized: a precut line and a postcut line. A precut line shears the incoming material to a specific length prior to roll-forming. During post cut line operation, the roll formed panel runs continuously and is sheared to the required length after roll-forming. Figure 1 on page 15 illustrates an example of both types of systems.

MATERIAL

One of the principal parameters that define the success of a roll-forming operation is the nature of the material. In order to design the optimal process, the tooling designer should be provided material information to be used prior to the tooling designing. This includes material mechanical property ranges, gauge tolerances and shape tolerances. In addition, different metallic coatings (hot-dip galvanized or GALVALUME®1 Coated Sheet Steel), organic coatings or paint will result in differences in performance even with the same set of tooling due to their different frictional characteristics.

The designer requires a clear understanding of the gauge tolerance to be supplied. Ideally, a more robust operating window can be achieved if the full range of tolerance is provided to the tooling designer. The tooling designer will generally design the tooling to the thickest gauge. Ordering the tooling to a full ASTM tolerance while receiving materials with a half or one-quarter standard tolerance will produce a roll former with a less robust operating window than either the designer or the panel manufacturer intended.