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.
Vector (epidemiology) In epidemiology, a disease vector is any agent that carries and transmits an infectious pathogen into another living organism; most agents regarded as vectors are organisms, such as intermediate parasites or microbes, but it could be an inanimate medium of infection such as dust particles.