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Medical Devices – World Health Organization (WHO)

admin — Sun, 27 Aug 2023 07:37:59 +0000

Policies, strategies, and action plans for health technologies, specifically for medical devices, are required in any national health plan. Within the context of a robust health system, they ensure access to safe, effective, and high-quality medical devices that prevent, diagnose, and treat disease and injury, and assist patients in their rehabilitation.

WHO’s “Global Model Regulatory Framework for Medical Devices including in vitro diagnostic medical devices” supports Member States in developing and implementing regulatory controls and regional guidelines for good manufacturing to ensure the quality, safety, and efficacy of medical devices available in their countries. The Organization also works with Member States and collaborating centers to develop guidelines and tools, including norms and standards on medical devices.

Additionally, WHO supports Member States in establishing mechanisms to assess national needs for health technologies in particular medical devices and to assure their availability and use, particularly in low-resource settings. A web-based health technologies database serves as a clearing house and provides countries guidance on appropriate medical devices according to levels of care, setting, environment, and intended health intervention, tailored to the specific needs of country or region.

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Visa Services from Indonesia’s Most Trusted

RANIS AMBAR — Mon, 13 Feb 2023 16:45:46 +0000

In the last 2-years, there has been a sharp rise in visa scams from other internet sites, partly due to unemployment because of the Covid pandemic and partly because of opportunists trying to exploit foreigners due to the pandemic and border closures.

Many fake visa agents have been advertising visa services and scamming people with a frauded visa application. We hear horror stories daily from people who have lost their sponsorship, money or important documentation.

Types of visas to visit Jakart

If you are visiting Jakarta for holiday or work, it is important that you stay informed about the latest immigration laws, as several things have changed post-Covid, including the visa application process.

Before the Covid pandemic, many citizens could enter Indonesia using a free visit visa, but during the Covid pandemic, the free visa was revoked. In early 2022, the Visa on Arrival was reintroduced and at the time of writing this article, 86 citizens can enter Indonesia using this Visa. Several countries in the Southeast Asian bloc can now get free visas.

Expand your business in Jakarta with Investor KITAS

To obtain an Investor KITAS, you must have shares in an Indonesian PMA. Once you have shares, visa applicants can apply for the Investor KITAS. Although the Investor KITAS has been around for a while, it wasn’t until a few years ago the Indonesian government adjusted the Investor KITAS to be the fantastic product is it today. With no costly government fees and an option for a 2-year visa, its not wonder why the Investor KITAS is one of the most sought after visa options in Indonesia. Check out our guide here to see everything you need to know about the Investor KITAS!

foreign citizens that are married to Indonesian citizens and have their marriage certification registered within Indonesia may apply for a Spouse KITAS. For successful visa applications, we require documents regarding official marriage registration, as well as the standard documents required for the administrative processing.

The Spouse KITAS has a validity of one year and it can be renewed. The principal applicant may also convert the KITAS to a KITAP after it has remained valid for 2 consecutive years. The Spouse KITAP has a validity of 5 years and is a very popular choice for expatriates as they no longer need to be concerned by their visa expiration date every year. To find out more or to apply for a Spouse KITAS, then check out our page about the spouse KITAS.

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Corporation Definition and Meaning

RANIS AMBAR — Mon, 13 Feb 2023 16:44:07 +0000

A corporation is a legal entity created by individuals, stockholders, or shareholders, with the purpose of operating for profit. Corporations are allowed to enter into contracts, sue and be sued own assets, remit federal and state taxes, and borrow money from financial institutions.

The creation of a corporation involves a legal process called incorporation where legal documents containing the primary purpose of the business, name and location, and the number of shares and types of stock issued, are drafted.

The process of incorporation gives the business entity a distinct feature that protects its owners from being personally liable in the event of a lawsuit or legal claim.

What are the Common Types of Corporations?

A corporation can be created by a single shareholder or by multiple shareholders who come together to pursue a common goal. A corporate can be formed as a for-profit or a not-for-profit entity.

For-profit entities form the majority of corporations, and they are formed to generate revenues and provide a return to their shareholders, according to their percentage of ownership in the corporation.

Not-for-profit entities operate under the category of charitable organizations, which are dedicated to a particular social cause such as educational, religious, scientific, or research purposes. Rather than distribute revenues to shareholders, not-for-profit organizations use their revenues to further their objectives.

How Do Corporations Work?

A corporation is required to name a board of directors before it can commence operations, and the members of the board of directors are elected by shareholders during the annual general meeting. Each shareholder is entitled to one vote per share, and they are not required to take part in the day-to-day running of the corporation. However, shareholders are eligible to be elected as members of the board of directors or executive officers of the corporation.

The board of directors comprises a group of individuals who are elected to represent shareholders. They are tasked with making decisions on major issues affecting the shareholders, and they also create policies to guide the management and daily operations of the corporation.

The elected members to the board of directors owe a duty of care to the shareholders, and they must act in the best interests of the shareholders and the corporation.

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Knaf: Its prospect in Indonesia

RANIS AMBAR — Mon, 13 Feb 2023 16:42:21 +0000

Kenaf is a plant fibre with high potential as source of material industry. Originally, kenaf usage in Indonesia is still limited only for jute sacks material, which is then displaced by plastic sacks production. While at international scale, kenaf has been started to be developed as pulp material, polypropylene composite, fibreglass replacement, and particle board for automotive industry materials. Indonesia is a tropical country this condition which suitable for kenaf cultivation. However, research reports about kenaf potential usages are still few and limited in domestic level only. Whereas, Indonesian kenaf plant information is needed by international community to understand comprehensively about the potential of tropical plants. This article aims to provide an overview about kenaf cultivation potential and usages in Indonesia as well as the possibility of future development.

Kenaf Bio-Energy

Kenaf is considered to be one of the highest producers of biomass among plants in terms of tons/land/time.
One hectare of kenaf can produce 15-20 tons of dry matter within a short period of only 120 days.
That means that one hectare can yield 6500 – 9000 liters of ethanol.

As Kenaf fibers can be used as raw material for many uses & applications, separating the fibers from the core can be better alternative.
In that case 1 hectare will yield 5 -7 tons of high quality fibers while the yield of ethanol extracted from the core will be 4500 – 6000 litters.

Field trials that were conducted recently on northern zones such as Ontario, Canada, have proved that Kenaf is not a merely tropical crop:
Kenaf can be grown successfully as source of green clean energy all over the world.
Under warm conditions, 2 growing cycles can be achieved for 1 year.

Paper Pulp from Kenaf

The pulp and paper industry has a long history with wood fibers. Wood became the major fiber source for paper in the mid 1800’s and has remained so until now, but in earlier times, paper was made exclusively from used rags and other fabrics.
This situation changed between 1851 and 1918 when wood pulp was invented, developed, and industrialized.
Growing demand for paper helped spur research into using the fibers of trees for papermaking. All of the major wood pulping processes, including groundwood, soda, sulphite, and kraft (sulphate), were developed and commercialized during this time. Wood pulp quickly reduced the cost of papermaking, allowing the use of paper in many areas (not only for printing).
While other materials were used for pulping, including bagasse cactus, cudweed, straw, cornstalks, and even cow dung, wood pulp quickly became the preferred source of pulp. By the 1870s, pulp mills were springing up in heavily forested areas in the USA & other Northern countries. These areas continued to grow as key pulp and paper regions throughout the early twentieth century and most remained so in the early 1990s.
The science of pulping continued to expand along with the growth of papermaking.
New awareness to environment protection through the last decades has lead to shortage of raw material for the paper industries.

Kenaf is a plant that most people may not have heard about but is used to produce many types of eco-friendly materials. These materials are already being used by most of us unknowingly on a daily basis.

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How Dental Entrepreneurs Can Franchise Their Practices

RANIS AMBAR — Mon, 13 Feb 2023 16:34:55 +0000

Franchising is not for everybody. But before we dig into how to franchise your dental practice, it’s important to explore the qualities that make for a successful franchisor so you can see if franchising is right for you.

Almost all of the service providers we’ve met and worked with are passionate about what they do. Very few, however, possess a strong business acumen or put systems in place when they opened their practice that enabled them to be successful.

In other words, their success wasn’t by design. It was by accident.

There’s nothing wrong with falling backwards into success. But if that describes your journey, you probably shouldn’t franchise your business. Furthermore, without clearly defined systems that powered your success, you have nothing to franchise.

When a franchisee pays money for a franchise, that’s what they’re paying you for: the scalable business systems such as marketing and sales that are unique to your practice.

Don’t miss the word “scalable,” because it’s crucial. If your practice succeeds because you have great bedside manner or a magnetic personality, that’s not something a franchisee can replicate. Therefore, it’s not scalable and it’s not sellable.

Why Consider Franchising?

Assuming you have scalable business systems that have enabled the success of your dental practice, then franchising presents two tremendous opportunities for you.

The first is that it allows you to serve far more people than you ever could on your own. Through franchising, you can spread the impact you have across the world.

It gets back to the passion I mentioned earlier. Every good dentist is motivated by a desire to serve others. What better way to serve more people than franchising?

Then there’s the massive financial windfall that can await you if you franchise properly. Not only do franchisees pay you upfront to use your brand and systems, you also get a percentage of their revenue. So, with every new franchise, you make more money. But there are two important points to keep in mind here.

First, I want to make it clear that you don’t have to franchise to be successful and change people’s lives with your service.

Second, franchising done right is profitable. Franchising done poorly can be financially disastrous. Thankfully, you don’t have to guess at what proper franchising looks like. Now that you know if franchising is right for you, here’s how to do it the right way

1: Identify What Makes You Unique

In addition to documenting all your business systems and processes so that franchisees can begin to understand how you do things, you need to identify the unique selling proposition (USP) of your practice. This is what makes you different from every other dentist. It’s not enough to clean teeth and fill cavities. Every dentist does that.

Think about Kentucky Fried Chicken. There are plenty of fried chicken restaurants out there, but none of them offer KFC’s secret blend of 11 herbs and spices.

What’s your secret to success that nobody else can offer? Maybe you’re able to clean teeth 40% faster, or you sell a mouthwash that cuts the risk of cavities in half.

Remember, your USP has to be scalable to be sellable, so “service with a smile” doesn’t count! (Although that is important and you should continue doing it.)

Whatever it is, your USP plus the manual that outlines all your systems and processes form the foundation upon which you build a franchise people want to buy.

Step #2: Work with a Qualified Law Firm

Franchising is a huge commitment of time and money, which is why you don’t want to go it alone. The stakes are too high. You need to work with a law firm with experience opening a healthcare franchise, which is different from other types of franchises.

A qualified law firm can help you navigate thorny legal issues like unlicensed individuals owning a healthcare practice. You don’t want an unlicensed franchise owner pressuring the dentist, who is technically the owner’s employee, to give more root canals or bill a code for insurance that pays more. Dentists could lose their license for doing that.

Then there are issues surrounding medical records, patient confidentiality, and HIPAA, not to mention laws surrounding fee-splitting (which vary by state) and Stark laws, which cover self-referrals. Ask yourself if you really want to tackle all that alone.

No service providers could possibly navigate the legal challenges of starting a healthcare franchise by themselves. However, it might be even worse to navigate that landscape incorrectly due to bad help and expose yourself to risk.

Don’t jeopardize your license or your livelihood by making mistakes during the formation of your franchise. Qualified legal help will save you money in the long run.

Step #3: Offer Regular Franchisee Training

Once you’ve cleared the first two hurdles and you have an official dental franchise to sell, it’s time to replicate your business in multiple parts of the country.

As you begin to sell franchises, it’s critical you get franchisees up to speed as quickly as possible. That way, you get paid and they get a quick return on their investment.

To make this happen, you need to offer regular training for franchisees.

Just because you have a training manual that outlines your processes, it doesn’t mean that knowledge is easily transferable to somebody else. What franchisees need to feel comfortable is hands-on training from someone who knows the business.

At a minimum, that means training with the franchisor or someone on the franchisor’s team. We’d also suggest holding annual franchisee meetings to offer training and updates.

Step #4: Be Ready to Lose the Golden Handcuffs

If you want to be a successful franchisor, you have to be ready to step away from your practice. This is a huge stumbling block for so many of the service providers we work with. They won’t lose their golden handcuffs and commit to building their franchise. Two factors go into making this decision.

The first is financial. If the money you’d lose from no longer providing patient care would devastate you financially, you’re not ready to take that step, and you should reconsider starting a franchise.

The second factor is psychological. I’m not saying you have to quit the day you decide to start a dental franchise. But when you get that franchise disclosure document in your hands and it’s time to start bringing in franchisees, that’s a labor-intensive process that will require your full attention. Are you okay with answering that call?

If you want your franchise to be successful, the answer must be yes.

Your Opportunity is Waiting

Franchising can be extremely lucrative in the world of dentistry. With a franchise model, there are myriad opportunities that go beyond revenue sharing. Equipment financing and property leasing, just to name a couple, can potentially generate a massive financial windfall for franchisors.

Then there’s the service aspect. With a franchise, you can positively impact the lives of far more people than you could ever serve at your practice. If you have the spirit of an entrepreneur, franchising can be extremely fulfilling—if you do it right.

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