Integrated Healthcare Systems

The objective of an integrated healthcare system is to provide ambulatory and tertiary care to those that enroll for the various healthcare plans that make use of integrated health care systems. Such systems involve co-operation between physicians, hospitals, and medical services. Although forming an integrated healthcare system has its advantages for the participants in the form of increased financial security and market share, the start-up costs and capital requirements are significant.

Robotics

The wonders of technology can be truly impressive and sometimes daunting. The idea of a robot operating on a human being (for example, on you) could certainly be considered intimidating. So when doctors say they would recommend a procedure using the da Vinci Surgery robotic system, does that sound like a robot is going to perform the operation? Actually the da Vinci system is an ‘Intuitive Surgical Endoscopic Instrument Control System.’ That means the da Vinci system is a combination of computers, electronics and machinery that provides a surgeon with an intuitive tool for seeing and controlling surgical instruments during an operation.