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In China, the medical organizations refer to the organizations received Practice License of Medical Institution, mainly including the specialized diagnostic and curative hospitals, health centers, convalescent hospitals, out-patient clinics, clinics, hygiene centers and first-aid stations etc.   The medical organizations in China belong to service industry, directly faced to numerous consumers and supervised by medical executive departments of Chinese government. The regional distributions of Chinese hygiene resources are comparatively balanced, regional distribution disparity mainly showing in the levels of medical organizations, asset scales, revenues and expenditures, private medical organization distribution and foreign funded medical distribution, reflecting the regional economic development differences. Chinese medical industry is mainly concentrated in Shanghai, Beijing, Guangdong and Zhejiang, accounting for most hygiene resources and higher level technologies.   In 2008, the total expenditures of Chinese medical industry were 1.22 trillion Yuan (174 billion USD), increasing by 8.2% of last year. The expenditures per capita were 915 Yuan (130 USD).      By the end of 2008, Chinese health organizations were about 300 thousand, in which hospitals were 19,701 (13,111 public hospitals), 40 thousand clinics, 28 thousand community health service centers, 3,020 maternity .. more»

Business owners and CFOs of mid-sized companies quite often don't have a clear understanding of what their IT department1 is doing for their business. Indeed, most just treat IT as a necessary line item on the P&L statement simply because they believe they have no choice if they are to stay competitive. Critical questions such as "Are we spending enough on our IT Services and IT infrastructure?", "Are we spending too much on our IT infrastructure", or "Are we getting the productivity gains that we anticipated when we purchased that new software?" often go unanswered. Questions such as these are at the heart of your business' efficiency - and can be the most baffling. Educating yourself is, as is often the case, the best weapon to tackle these seemingly innocuous questions. The first thing to realize is that running an IT department is hard work. Your IT staff is spending more time (and money) supporting your employees than ever. Many of the technologies are complex and take a long time to learn and master. The IT staff is under increasingly tighter budget constraints and their capabilities are .. more»