Drone technology and the healthcare supply chain The healthcare supply chain moves with a sense of urgency. Unfortunately, sometimes shipments are at the mercy of ground transportation delays. But what if there was a way to make critical deliveries without the worries of traffic jams or a shortage of vehicles? What if hospitals and health systems could ship and receive lab … [Read more...]
Caring for People with Diabetes
Biological information is essential, as it can lead to more precise therapeutic targeting. But incorporating sociological and anthropological principles is just as important. Why do so many people suffer the ill effects of type 2 diabetes, including eye disease, kidney disease and nerve damage, despite the fact that so much is known about preventing and controlling it? Why … [Read more...]
Value-Based Care Challenges the ‘Profitability of Sickness’
Will COVID-19 hasten the demise of fee-for-service medicine? Repertoire readers know that COVID-19 has hurt their physician practice customers. And the stats bear them out. Practice revenues dropped 50% between March and May of this year, according to the American Medical Association. Health Affairs reported on a study estimating that over the course of calendar year 2020, … [Read more...]
Clinical Guidelines Support the Use of Dale® Hold-n-Place® Catheter Securement
Keeping catheters secure is critical to nurses and their patients. Proper catheter securement reduces the risk of infection, protects healthcare workers from the risk of accidental needlestick, and increases patient comfort and satisfaction. Clinical guidelines support the use of sutureless catheter securement devices like Dale Hold-n-Place Catheter Securement to help keep … [Read more...]
The Excellent Patient Experience
In medical equipment, physicians seek convenience, patient privacy, infection prevention and confidence. At the height of COVID-19, physicians might have had more immediate concerns on their minds than exploring new equipment options. Since then, patient volumes and revenues have risen, and some of the urgency has been lifted. Still, Repertoire readers who sell medical … [Read more...]
Contracting Executive Profile
Robert Wiehe, Senior Vice President, Chief Supply Chain and Logistics Officer, UC Health, Cincinnati, Ohio Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Robert Wiehe received his undergraduate degree in manufacturing engineering from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, and his master’s in business administration from The University of Cincinnati. He began his career in the automotive industry as … [Read more...]
What We are Learning from COVID-19
The response to the COVID-19 pandemic proves just how creative, resilient, and effective the worldwide healthcare community can be. By Jim Poggi The current COVID-19 pandemic has shaped current events, the global economy, the medical-surgical supply chain, social practices, and lab testing in ways we could scarcely imagine before it occurred. It has been over 100 years … [Read more...]
Publisher’s Letter
As most of you know, the July and November Publisher’s Letters are my favorites. July because I am so proud and thankful for America. We are all truly blessed to live here and raise our families in this country. November because it always gives us a time to reflect on the things that are important and that we need to be thankful for. More than likely everyone reading … [Read more...]