In healthcare, the patient is the sun around which all other concerns revolve. Patient experience is not merely the top priority of healthcare systems, but the very reason they exist. Clinicians work tirelessly to improve the material lives of their patients through diagnosis, treatment, amelioration, and prevention of disease. Yet for the patient to best …
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In healthcare, a reliable supply chain can often mean the difference between a medical emergency and the timely delivery of critical care. When supply chains operate efficiently, medical supplies arrive when needed, patients receive essential treatment, and physicians provide the most robust care possible. A proven way to ensure this kind of operational efficiency is …
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Healthcare procurement is the invisible grease that keeps the wheels of healthcare turning. In short, healthcare procurement is the process of purchasing products, equipment, medicine, and other services healthcare providers need to operate. Without it, hospitals would have no beds, surgeons would have no equipment, and pharmacies would have no medicine. As the medical field …
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The field of healthcare has seen its fair share of challenges in recent years. The system faces staffing shortages, rising costs, and the pressing need for system modernization amid financial difficulties. Healthcare is also adversely affected by larger economic trends like rising inflation. To combat these challenges, a resilient supply chain is critical. In this …
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The priority of every good medical solution should be the patient. For a device to be truly patient-centric, it must prioritize a patient’s care and safety above all else. In a climate of ever-rising healthcare costs, balancing cost and quality becomes more challenging, and more critical, than ever. SourceMark Medical offers a unified solution to …
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Although highly technical, the field of medicine is also extremely personal. When we aren’t administering lifesaving care, clinicians spend most of our time interacting with our patients—underscoring the vital importance of strong clinician engagement. Healthcare technology plays an indispensable role, helping clinicians improve patient outcomes, enhance efficiency, and facilitate innovation in treatment and overall healthcare …
In the critical hours before, during, and after surgery, it is absolutely vital to maintain normothermia. Keeping a patient’s core body temperature within a normal range helps prevent hypothermia, fight infection, and ensure a smooth recovery. In recent years, conductive warming therapy has emerged as one of the most effective solutions for maintaining normothermia in …
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Maintaining patient temperature during surgery is a top priority in every operating room. Ensuring that patients maintain a normal core body temperature between 36°C and 38°C not only makes patients more comfortable; it also contributes to smoother surgical recovery. Patient warming devices play a vital role in hypothermia prevention, keeping surgical patients at normothermia throughout …
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Epistaxis—commonly known as nosebleed—typically isn’t a life-threatening condition, yet it leads to over 500,000 visits to emergency rooms (ERs) each year in the U.S. This adds up to about $350,000,000 in healthcare costs annually, though only 6% of ER visits for nosebleed required hospitalization. The Trouble with Standard Nosebleed Treatment Although standard nosebleeds usually aren’t …
Airway management is one of the most important tools that providers have in a surgical or critical care setting. Intubation is a powerful form of airway management and can be a lifesaving procedure—but it can also lead to complications. In an ideal scenario, providers will have a range of advanced airway management technologies available to …
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