Click Here to Read (pdf version) Suppliers’ Partner With a background in consulting and process improvement, Jack Stephens is molding McKesson Medical Surgical’s relationships with customers and suppliers. PUBLISHER’S LETTER The Year in Review Amazon on My Mind Medical Innovations for the Year Ahead Storm Stories Texas Health Resources A … [Read more...]
Nutrition: The ‘forgotten element’ of wound healing
Post-Acute By Lisa Logan, R.D., CNSC The role of nutrition in pressure injury (PI) prevention and treatment is a well-recognized factor and an essential component of wound management. Unfortunately, proper nutritional support is often the “forgotten element” that is necessary in maintaining all phases of wound healing. Wounds will not heal without proper nutrition, and … [Read more...]
Aging U.S. Population to Drive Home Healthcare Market Growth
HIDA Post-Acute Insights The home healthcare market is expected to grow from $100 billion in 2016 to $225 billion by 2024. Key factors driving this expansion include an aging U.S. population and the lower cost of home care when compared to other post-acute settings. As the market continues to expand, the number of providers offering home care services is expected to reach … [Read more...]
The Frail Elderly
Post-Acute The need for good, affordable care has never been greater Conventional wisdom has it that a very small percentage of Medicare patients account for a very large part of the Medicare budget. With funding from The Commonwealth Fund, a group of researchers tried to put a finer point on that wisdom by defining who these high-cost, high-usage subpopulations are, and … [Read more...]
Care Coordinator
Post Acute Care Quarterback of the post-acute-care team Here’s an acronym you’ll want to remember: CCTM. It stands for “Care Coordination and Transition Management.” In a world of post-acute care, population health and care continuum, chances are you’ll be calling on more people – often, registered nurses – whose name is followed by CCTM. Care coordination and … [Read more...]
The Year in Review
By Mark Thill Amazon on My Mind Year-end reviews are supposed to recap events of the year just passed and glean wisdom from them. But the events of the year 2017 are forcing me to look forward at least as much as backward. That says something about the pace of change today. In September, for example, Boston-based Day Zero Diagnostics was selected as the winner of the … [Read more...]
Windshield Time
Electric vehicles: Downstream impact Electric vehicles are coming. Be prepared. In a recent article, the Washington Post listed four consequences: 1) Oil demand could be slashed by 3.5 million barrels per day worldwide by 2025, and possibly 9 million barrels by 2040; 2) wait times for electric-vehicle charging at gas stations could turn those stations into “hospitality-type … [Read more...]
ECG Review & Interpretation
Sponsored by Welch Allyn What could your customers be missing? Have you ever fallen in love with a song, only to cringe when you heard it performed live? Professional musicians use editing technology to make their recordings clear – but when they overdo it, it’s hard to know if they’re really that good, or if it’s all editing. It helps to think of ECGs the same way. … [Read more...]
The GeneXpert®: Molecular Innovation at its Finest
Sponsored: Cepheid By Luke Maitland Are you looking for a competitive advantage in your territory? Doyou need to differentiate your value to your customer base? How can this be achieved, you ask? You have to change the game! You have to understand the challenges in your industry and what your customers face. Apple, Facebook, Google, and GE changed the game. They did this … [Read more...]
Storm Stories
Supply chain executives, distributors and manufacturers in Texas and Florida recently shared their hurricane stories with Share Moving Media, publisher of Repertoire and the Journal of Healthcare Contracting. Below are several of those stories. To view others, and to hear accounts of the storms from Izzy Pascau of Concordance Healthcare Solutions and Ed Lewis of Texas Childrens … [Read more...]