NEWS ANALYSIS: US air-ambulance company Angel Medflight recently received trademark protection for the phrase ‘Bedside-to-Bedside’. What prompted the company to seek this, and how are other companies whose services fall under the same category and who are using the phrase going to deal with it? Femke van Iperen explores
On 21 March, the Auditor General of Ontario Jim McCarter released his report on the Ornge group of companies, entitled Ornge Air Ambulance and Related Services. According to McCarter, the Ontario government has given Ornge more than $700 million since 2006 to provide ambulance services in the province without sufficiently monitoring how well Ornge was doing its job or whether it was following appropriate public sector business practices.
The Search Committee of the US-based Association of Air Medical Services (AAMS), chaired by past president of AAMS Dr Dan Hankins and AAMS board president Timothy Pickering, has announced that John Fiegel has accepted the position of Interim chief executive officer (CEO) of AAMS.
The Waypoint AirMed & Rescue conference, airshow and exhibition that was due to take place in September has been rescheduled to 1-2 May 2012. The venue remains unchanged as London Oxford Airport, UK.
NEWS ANALYSIS: US air-ambulance company Angel Medflight recently received trademark protection for the phrase ‘Bedside-to-Bedside’. What prompted the company to seek this, and how are other companies whose services fall under the same category and who are using the phrase going to deal with it? Femke van Iperen explores
On 21 March, the Auditor General of Ontario Jim McCarter released his report on the Ornge group of companies, entitled Ornge Air Ambulance and Related Services. According to McCarter, the Ontario government has given Ornge more than $700 million since 2006 to provide ambulance services in the province without sufficiently monitoring how well Ornge was doing its job or whether it was following appropriate public sector business practices.
The Search Committee of the US-based Association of Air Medical Services (AAMS), chaired by past president of AAMS Dr Dan Hankins and AAMS board president Timothy Pickering, has announced that John Fiegel has accepted the position of Interim chief executive officer (CEO) of AAMS.