Prosperous Project Management: Giant-Size Root Canal

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Tips, techniques and pragmatic strategies for excellent Project Managers, Toastmasters and high personal achievers. Wayne Botha is a rare Project Manager, with passion for achieving results through Project Management, while improving inter-personal relationships, and developing Project Managers in the process. Wayne is a faculty member at Toastmsters Leadership Institute and Axia college of University of Phoenix.

Monday, February 25, 2008

Giant-Size Root Canal

During a check-up visit for a root canal done last year, my endodontist showed-off his new Kodak imaging equipment. He took an X-Ray (if you can call it that) with an electronic receiving device that is wired into his computer system. No plates to develop. No negatives. Just instant imaging.

The image of my root canal is then displayed on a 19 inch screen before my eyes. The image of the tooth would make any T-Rex proud. I jokingly asked if I could have a copy on a disk, and he said "Sure, bring in a disk or flash device on your next visit".

Which got me to thinking. Obvious first thought is "Wow, technology is great. Instead of a 1 inch by 1 inch XRay of a tooth that is too small to see, now he can see exactly what he needs to see with this magnification".

Second thought is "How will this display in a PowerPoint slide?" - What can I say, as a Presentations Junkie I see PowerPoint displays in everything, including XRays :). I think the tooth will display very well in a PowerPoint slide. I am going to find out and will make a special trip to my endodontist and get a copy of the image and try it out on an audience.

2 Comments:

At February 26, 2008 3:18 AM , Craig Douglas Strachan said...

Recently I had both X-Rays and MRI scans of my lower back just before some minor surgery. Instead of traditional films, I received both films on CD, which were taken into theatre for the op (I guess that the doctors can watch DVD's if they get board...).

But what is even more impressive is that they have the entire system on the web, so the doctors can login to a website from anywhere and view their patients films, so the CD's are just for backup purposes. I have a post about it Here.
At February 26, 2008 11:00 PM , Wayne Botha said...

Hi Craig,

It is amazing what this technology can do. I will be a big supporter of patients being able to keep the records electronically.

When we came to the USA we found that our medical records are essentially useless because of:
1. Doctors illegible handwriting.
2. Different brands of medicine.
3. Many reports written in Afrikaans.

It would help us a lot if we had electronic copies of X-Ray's taken earlier in our lives for Doctors here to compare against.

Wayne

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Wayne Botha is one of those rare people who can say he is a project manager, author and speaker and mean it. He is a past Area Governor for Toastmasters International and an enthusiastic Toastmaster. Wayne is a faculty member of Toastmasters Leadership Institute and has trained audiences in South Africa, Netherlands, Saudi Arabia and the USA. With an MBA in eCommerce, and a PMP certification, Wayne is sought out to speak at Toastmasters and Project Management conferences. Wayne's colleagues and friends often tease him about his South African accent.