Just to add to my post :

Page 12 October of the following news letter gives you some idea of the scope and purpose of my mission http://www.ceti.nsw.gov.au/newsletters/w1/i1002809/

Geoff

Don’t you ever sleep ?

It costs significantly less , in fact a fraction of what it would cost to build a database , rename the 2 or 3 thousand pdf ‘s in a 500 bed hospital and create links between the various makes and models so someone who for example has a syringe pump with “Asena “ on it can find it under any of the brand names – ie CareFusion , Cardinal Healthcare , Alaris etc – at the same time keeping it up-dated and by that I mean any clinician can fill in a doc request tab and we contact the manufacturer on their behalf .

It’s based on bed size and I would prefer to keep that out the public domain for now – Thanks comments

It's only nine in the evening just at the moment.

Hopefully I shall be good for a few hours yet.

OK ... but just to speed things along a little ... what are you getting at here:- are you trying to sell the service to hospitals et al worldwide, or what?

Am I right as well in thinking that you're talking about operators' (users') manuals only? And are they for "pay-per-view" downloading, or just unlimited viewing (but by subscription) on line?

And ... how about a link-in from (and to) this forum? How would you feel about that?

We manage and organise documents related to equipment hospitals have purchased ( most of the doc have been sent to us by the + 200 hospitals ) – this is not a subscription – the hospitals have bought this equipment and the associated user manuals etc

Therefore there is no pay- per- view , this is about making the manufacturer’s supplied information related to equipment purchased by the hospital - available 24/7 , accessible via the hospitals intranet and not the general public .

All this information belongs to the hospitals we deal with – we never own it and we don’t limit access within those hospitals so staff can download the relevant doc as many times as they like – limiting access would defeat the whole point

Like all outsourced clinical resources the access is governed by intranet policy of the hospital .

It eliminates Google searches , many individuals sending e-mails or phoning suppliers , hours lost due to missing ( and looking for ) User Manuals

If someone has a problem with a device – the focus is to walk up to a hospital pc – download the doc – fix the problem.

As pointed out – this info does not belong to us – so unfortunately I cannot create an open link ( keep in mind these are only User Docs – no service manuals )