Medical Challenges Sample Clauses

Medical Challenges. As defined by the physicians, Medicine is an art based on science. Doctors have to diagnose, to make prognosis, and to make decisions based partly on protocols and scientific examina- tion of the patient. The difficulties they face are mostly to be able to understand what is going wrong with only partial information of a human being. The human body is such a complex system that it requires a lot of practice and experience for doctors to deal with it. Even if medicine is an art, it is a highly technical domain. Technological improvements enable medical staff to benefit from more accurate measurements and imagery. Medical imaging is the visualization of body parts, organs, tissues or cells for clinical diag- nosis and preoperative imaging. The global medical image processing market is about $15 billion a year. The imaging techniques used in medical devices include a variety of modern equipment in the field of optical imaging, nuclear imaging, radiology and other image-guided intervention. The radiological method, or X-ray imaging, renders anatomical and physiologi- cal images of the human body at a very high spatial and temporal resolution. Imagery is one of the key mechanisms to improve diagnostic accuracy, reduce the time spent to cure patients, or to increase the level of control while administering the cure. It also allows for faster surgery, smaller cuts in the body and faster patient recovery. All these improvements allow reducing the costs to cure, which is a priority for insurance companies and governments. Dedicated to X-ray instruments, TULIPP addresses a significant part of the market share, namely the mobile C-arm, which is a perfect example of a medical system that improves surgeon efficiency. This device shows the doctor a real-time view from inside the body of the patient during the operation, allowing for small incisions instead of wide-cuts and for more accurate targeting the desired region. As a result, a much faster recovery of the patient and reduction of nosocomial diseases risks are achieved. The drawback of this technique is the radiation dose, which is 30 times higher than what we receive from our natural surroundings each day. Such high dose is received not only by the patient but also by the medical staff doing such interventions all day long, several days a week. While the X-ray sensor is very sensitive, lowering the emission dose increases the level of noise on the pictures, making them unreadable. This can be corrected with prope...
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  • Medical Examination Where the Employer requires an employee to submit to a medical examination or medical interview, it shall be at the Employer's expense and on the Employer's time.

  • MEDICAL DISPUTE In the event of a dispute involving an employee's health as it affects the employee's ability to perform his/her job on return to work at the University from a layoff or leave of absence of any kind, and if the employee is not satisfied with the determination of the University's physician, the employee may submit a report from a medical doctor of his/her own choosing at his/her own expense. If the dispute still exists, at the request of the employee, the University's physician and the employee's doctor shall agree upon a third medical doctor to submit a report to the University and the employee, and the decision of such third party regarding the employee's health as it affects the employee's ability to perform his/her job will be binding on both parties. The expense of the examination by the third party shall be shared equally by the University and the employee.

  • PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATIONAL IMPROVEMENT A. The Board agrees to implement the following:

  • Legal Appeals a. Nothing contained in these provisions is intended to limit or impair the rights of any vendor or Contractor to seek and pursue remedies of law through the judicial process. Appendix C Appendix C, Contract Modification Procedure, attached hereto, is hereby expressly made a part of this Contract as fully as if set forth at length herein. Appendix D Appendix D, Pricing Schedules, attached hereto, is hereby expressly made a part of this Contract as fully as if set forth at length herein. The Parties expressly agree that these prices are established as “maximum Not-To-Exceed prices”. The Contractor acknowledges that any mini-bid under this Centralized Contract which includes pricing in excess of the “maximum Not-To-Exceed price” shall be rejected by the Authorized User. Amendments to Appendix D, Pricing Schedules, shall be processed in accordance with Appendix C, Contract Modification Procedure, section 4.8, OGS Centralized Contract Modifications and section 4.23 Price Adjustments for OGS Centralized Contracts. Appendix E Appendix E, Report of Contract Purchases, attached hereto, is hereby expressly made a part of this Contract as fully as if set forth at length herein. OGS reserves the right to make unilateral changes to this Report of Contract Purchases document. Appendix F Appendix F, Project Based Information Technology Consulting Services Processes and Forms, attached hereto, is hereby expressly made a part of this Contract as fully as if set forth at length herein. OGS reserves the right to change the processes and forms set forth Appendix F in non-material and substantive ways without seeking a contract amendment. Appendix F is comprised of the following attachments:

  • Medical Examinations An employee may be required by the Employer, at the request of and at the expense of the Employer, to take a medical examination by a physician of the employee's choice. Employees may be required to take skin tests, x-ray examination, vaccination, inoculation and other immunization (with the exception of a rubella vaccination when the employee is of the opinion that a pregnancy is possible), unless the employee's physician has advised in writing that such a procedure may have an adverse affect on the employee's health.

  • Clinical 2.1 Provides comprehensive evidence based nursing care to patients including assessment, intervention and evaluation.

  • Professional Development Program (a) The parties agree to continue a Professional Development Program for the maintenance and development of the faculty members' professional competence and effectiveness. It is agreed that maintenance of currency of subject knowledge, the improvement of performance of faculty duties, and the maintenance and improvement of professional competence, including instructional skills, are the primary professional development activities of faculty members.

  • Competent Authorities The Parties shall inform each other about the structure, organisation and division of competences of their competent authorities during the first meeting of the Sanitary and Phytosanitary Sub-Committee referred to in Article 65 of this Agreement ("SPS Sub-Committee"). The Parties shall inform each other of any change of the structure, organisation and division of competences, including of the contact points, concerning such competent authorities.

  • Professional Development Activities Professional development activities are activities initiated by individual faculty members or groups of faculty members and may include attendance at conferences, workshops or seminars which facilitate the following:

  • Medical There shall be an open enrollment period for medical coverage in each year of this Agreement. An employee may elect no medical coverage during any open enrollment period. An employee who has elected no medical coverage may elect medical coverage during an open enrollment period. No pre-existing condition limitations will apply.

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