Abstract: A method for providing a financial analysis for a medical procedure comprising: entering into a computer system at least one datum identifying the medical procedure; entering into the computer system all identifiable costs associated with the medical procedure, entering into the computer system all identifiable insurance payments and payments from other sources associated with the medical procedure, and using the computer system to determine a profit or loss based on the entered costs and payments associated with the medical procedure.

Abstract: Apparatus for holding a medical implement in position in a body opening. The apparatus includes a strap of material, the strap of material having a length and two ends, a weight being provided at each of the two ends, the strap of material being draped over the body of a patient in such a way that the medical implement is supported from below by a portion of this strap of material intermediate the ends, the weight at the ends of the material counter-balancing the tendency of the medical implement to move or fall downwardly out of the body opening.