It’s a word that can mean many things, but it also can mean something different depending on where you look.So what’s the correct word to use to describe a piece of medical equipment?And is there a correct word for the kind of medical instrument used to diagnose a patient’s condition?Let’s take a look.Dannors are medical…
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When Codman Medical Instruments Gets Its Own Logo
In the mid-1990s, a brand new brand of medical instruments was introduced by Codman.The company began with a slogan, “If you’re in pain, get a Codman.”Now, in a nod to the name, the company has launched a new logo, codman medical instrument boxes, for the first time, and it’s a lot more like the original…
How to track your healthcare bill
You don’t have to worry about the accuracy of your medical bills any more, because you can track them with your mobile device, an electronic medical record, and even a simple text message.Here’s how to create one.What you need to know about electronic medical recordsThe electronic medical history (EMH) records your health care records and…
When the doctors can’t get the new drugs for HIV treatment
The New York Times’ Jeff Jaffe reported on Thursday that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released a set of new guidelines for doctors and nurses to follow to protect patients from contracting HIV from HIV-infected needles.These guidelines, issued Thursday, recommend doctors not give new HIV medication to patients who have not been…
The most popular medical equipment of the 21st century
The most widely used medical instruments of the first half of the 20th century are almost all from the 19th century, according to new research.Here are the top 10 most commonly used medical tools in the United States in 2016:All of these are relatively common, but are not the most popular.There are more than two…
How to buy medical equipment for the NHS
A medical device company has been fined £2.2m after admitting that it sold medical equipment to the NHS without proper approval.The UK’s Independent Medical Journal (IMJ) reported that The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) had ruled that The Thermo Fisher Scientific Company breached rules by failing to register its sales to the Royal…