Abstract: A tool for monitoring a course of treatment for a patient, including standards of care making up the course of treatment. The tool permits tracking of multiple patients, their diagnoses, corresponding treatment regimens, and status of those regimens. Once a diagnosis is selected by a physician, the embodiment may list the various steps and/or actions undertaken in a recommended course of treatment for that diagnosis. Such steps/actions can include tests to be performed on the patient, drugs or prescriptions to be prescribed to the patient, physical activity to be undertaken by the patient, assessments to be made by a practitioner, environmental factors to be applied to the patient and so forth. The tool also lists particular standards of care for a given diagnosis, as well as which standards of care are incomplete. The tool may also present a patient's location.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for aligning a laser beam in an ion source. A mounting member has a first end, a second end, and an axis. An awl is positioned on the axis and operably connected to the first end. A biasing member is arranged to urge the awl along the axis when the apparatus is mounted on the ion source to create a mark for aligning the laser beam.