LEDs, as a low-energy light source, were used on NASA's second United States Microgravity Laboratory Spacelab mission in October 1995, as part of the Astroculture Plant Growth Facility. The experiment was led by Dr. Raymond J. Bula of the Wisconsin Center for Space Automation and Robotics in Madison, a NASA Commercial Space Center. Commercial Space Centers, supported by NASA, pursue opportunities for continued growth of U.S. industry through the use of space. Medical Practice Makes Perfect Health care providers strive to provide more efficient service in a competitive and cost-conscious world. The pressures of managed care can put a tremendous strain on physicians, staff and certainly the patients themselves.
Paperwork can overwhelm all concerned, just in monitoring treatment effectiveness and reimbursement.
Cedaron Medical, Inc., of Davis, California, manufactures a range of products to increase clinical productivity, thereby enhancing patient care. Its Dexter Outcomes workstation provides a friendly data collection system for the occupational therapy, physical therapy, orthopedic surgery and plastic surgery fields. The system, based on an SBIR contract, is crafted to minimize paperwork shuffle and to establish a more cost-effective and efficient medical care facility. As a result of earlier work with NASA, today Cedaron has computer systems installed in Asia, Europe, South America and across the United States. For more information, contact Carl Ray of NASA's SBIR program at NASA Headquarters.