COO Chief Operating Officer Responsibilities (mostly does internal and execution) - delivers short-term expectations for cost, demand, quality, patient satisfaction, employee satisfaction -link between STRATEGY & PERFORMANCE -can be chief medical officers or chief nursing officers
(Science: pathology) Capable of causing disease. Origin: Gr. Gennan = to produce Able to cause disease; infective agents; pathogenic bacteria.Pertaining to properties similar to a [[pathogen.
(1) (epidemiology) An organism or vehicle that transmits the causative agent or disease-causing organism from the reservoir to the host. (2) (molecular biology) A vehicle (e.g. a plasmid) used to transfer the genetic material such as DNA sequences from the donor organism to the target cell of the recipient organism.