Boston Scientific: Cardiovascular, Urology, And Women's Health

This is a case about Eric Peterson, who was recently hired as a product manager in charge of sales and marketing of Biometra’s catheter. This product from Biometra, a subsidiary of Scientific Materials (SciMat), was the first product ever launched by Biometra and so its success was critical for both Biometra and SciMat. From the case we see that even though Eric Peterson tries hard to meet the product target launch date, there are several issues that he and the organization are experiencing.

Medical technology is advancing rapidly with each passing minute. It is becoming more urgent for health care facilities to invest in equipment that is current and state of the art. Behind these advancements are proven statistics that certain equipment is a necessity when diagnosing and treating patients. We, as health care workers, owe it to our patients to have the best possible equipment in our facilities. Aside from non-melanoma skin cancer, breast cancer has become the most common cancer among women in the United States. Breast cancer does not discriminate. It is one of the

The Georgetown University School of Medicine strives to ensure that its students become respectful physicians who embrace all dimensions of caring for the whole person. Please describe how your personal characteristics or life experiences will contribute to the Georgetown University School of Medicine community and bring educational benefits to our student body. (1000 characters)

The medical director ordered a postvoid catheterization, which yielded 100 mL of cloudy urine that had

Sometimes compared to her hero Steve Jobs, Elizabeth Holmes is well known as one of the most successful and youngest female entrepreneurs in America. The company she is building and the work she is revolutionizing is fascinating. Her company, Theranos, is developing a hardware, called a nanotainer that can carry out the exact same blood tests as diagnostic-labs do, and actually in a much faster time of just a few minutes, with only a pinprick of blood instead of three to four tubes of blood. By doing so, she will be able to eliminate one major cause of avoiding blood tests requested by doctors for the 40-60% of patients in America- the fear of big needles.

There have been inventions that have given hope and inspiration to others. Everyone values medicine and the technology that we currently have. But how far is too far? Medical technology is very economically risky and those that can’t afford it may struggle. Do you think this technology should be open to anyone, whether they are rich or poor? “We have shown through research that providing additional support to vulnerable patients and to their physicians, to provide education, support, and address the unique barriers they face, we can provide all patients the best care and best hope for a cure.” (Freund, 2015). Karen Freund is also one of the research professors that has a lot of experience as well as her interest in

When accepting a position with Laboratory Corporations of America (LabCorp), I was unaware of just how important what our company does on a daily basis is. Our motto is Innovation, Quality, and Convenience (LabCorp, 2015). LabCorp’s story is about all of the hard work and dedication that goes into diagnosing someone correctly from something as simple as an allergy or a life-threatening disease. A story is something that is true, repeated, and emphasizes something with particular value (Kinicki & Williams, 2013). Innovation is the backbone of my organization. With breakthroughs in Science happening every day, LabCorp is committed to being a state-of-the-art testing facility. We are constantly looking for new ways to test illnesses- one of the

I have chosen to the Mayo Clinic to research for the Capstone Project. The Mayo Clinic is a nonprofit organization. They are committed to clinical practice, education and research, providing expert, whole-person care to everyone who needs healing.

James Plante, also known as “Jim”, had interest in preventive health and technology ever since he was young. Plante developed his interest in preventive health and technology when he was working at his father’s medical technology at a tender age. He attended Southern Illinois University where he attained a degree in Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering. Plante’s father passed away due to polycystic kidney diseases related complications and his death made James to have even more interest in preventive health. James later started Pathway Genomic, a medical diagnostic company.

The topic I will explore is heart disease in women. The question, what do healthcare providers need to know about cardiovascular disease in women and how their symptoms and presentation differ from men will be discussed. Coronary heart disease is the leading cause of death in women and men in the Western world. Nearly 1 million cardiovascular related deaths a year are women. Many women’s risk factors go unrecognized and untreated by their primary care physician (Pregler et al., 2009). According to FamilyDoctor.org, “American women are 4 to 6 times more likely to die of heart disease that of breast cancer” (2009). In generally men have an earlier onset of heart disease than to women but have a higher survival rate from heart

Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the most common cause of mortality worldwide, especially in developed countries. But they are also largely preventable, and many studies have tried to clarify the related risk factors, and what could be done to avoid them.

As individuals the serious price we may face or are already facing is our health being put at jeopardy. The fact that living and surviving is dependent on how we manage and take care of ourselves. Disorders that arise from being unhealthy and overweight, can be accompanied with misery, following behind the disorders as heart disease, high blood pressure, and diabetes. This problem isn’t just a miniscule problem that can be brushed off by adults because, now these diseases are found in early childhood as well. Besides adults, we now have children that are double the size of what they should be, and are facing heart diseases before the age of 10. Children are now more likely to have a shorter lifespan than their parents. Millions of people are overweight or obese, what happens then is the inability to function or work properly, causing collateral damage and a domino chain effect in performance. It may break apart families, people can become crippling, ill, or handicap, and dependent of family members from their own heart diseases, which may in turn prevent them from being able to work on a line or certain jobs, which means no income coming in to support a family.

An Urologists is an urinary system specialists. An urologists is devoted to two primary subjects which are the study of genital and sexual health of males and the study of the urinary system.Urine testing is usually done by samples that are very easy to collect with gives a wealth of information about your bodily functions. Urologists will care for the patients whose urine tests showed abnormalities in the male reproductive system or within the urinary tract. If a male or female is experiencing urinary tract concerns, such as disease in the kidneys, bladder or even the tubes that connect those specific organs. Children that are treated by a neurologists usually have urinary tract instabilities that prevent them from stay dry or may even cause

Strengths * Blood collection systems were designed to meet hundreds of different needs – product assortment * Color coding schemes to make jobs easier * This evacuated – tube blood collection superior to needle – and – syringe: specimen integrity, convenience, lower costs, sterile for safety, backed by in depth clinical and research studies, company stands behind every tube you use * BD was the pioneer in converting the market to evacuated tubes * 80% market share in USA, and in USA 100% venous blood collection was done using evacuated tubes * Other suppliers needles and lancets * BD had a broadest line of blood collection products in the industry * Among bench people VACUTAINER is the best known product * Quality aggression – due to its vertical integration BD could keep a tight hold on quality

Physician's offices: External data for this type of customers can be obtained from physicians that buy equipments; this data can be access to find out what type of referrals they give to patients. However, effort is needed in order to get this information; request should be sent to the physician's staff to provide statistics on the number of patients, the referrals and expenditures. Along with this, internal records can also be used to counter check the equipments that were purchase by the physicians.