Midmark clinical education program nationally recognized for excellence
Midmark Corp., a leading medical solutions provider focused on the design of the clinical environment to improve the delivery of care, announced that the Clinical Education Diagnostic Curriculum has earned a 2023 Brandon Hall Group Silver award for excellence. The curriculum is designed to help improve efficiency, comfort and safety when using Midmark equipment in clinical care settings.
Midmark’s multi-tiered curriculum addresses the education needs of Midmark clinical educators, patient care staff at clinical facilities, and even patients to further drive positive health outcomes. The curriculum includes e-learning modules, quick reference guides, eBooks, toolkits and other materials covering Midmark diagnostic products.
Midmark has evolved its Clinical Education Diagnostic Program to share its expertise and knowledge more easily with customers to help them understand how best to integrate Midmark offerings into their facilities and workflows to ensure a better care experience and improve patient outcomes. The Midmark clinical education team is led by professional clinical educators who specialize in proper device use and workflow efficiency in non-acute facilities.
HIDA welcomes Patrick Jones To HIDA Board of Directors
The Health Industry Distributors Association (HIDA) welcomed to its Board of Directors Patrick Jones, President of Fisher Healthcare, a part of Thermo Fisher Scientific.
Patrick has more than 25 years of healthcare experience. He joined Fisher Healthcare in January of 2023 and is focused on providing customers with innovative products and automated solutions to make laboratories more efficient so patients can begin their healthcare journey faster.
Prior to this role, he was the Vice President and General Manager of Thermo Fisher’s Nucleic Acid Therapeutics business. Previously, Patrick held progressively responsible general management roles at BD since 2010. His last position was VP/GM focusing on medical devices for the pharmaceutical & biotech segments. He has also held various sales, marketing and operations roles at General Electric, Siemens and Abbott Laboratories.
Avera Health, Owens & Minor to open new Integrated Service Center in 2025
Avera Health, and Owens & Minor, Inc., announced plans for a 330,000 square foot commercial building for supply distribution and other integrated services. The building will be constructed at Foundation Park in north Sioux Falls.
Owens & Minor is expanding its presence in the region and will remain Avera’s primary distributor of essential medical/surgical supplies. Owens & Minor will use the new Integrated Service Center as a hub to service Avera and leading health care organizations in the region.
Avera’s Integrated Service Center will house numerous Avera services including centralized pharmacy services, supply chain serving as central distribution for medical supplies for Avera hospitals, clinics and long-term care centers, a print shop, biomedical engineering, home medical equipment distribution center, courier operations, and more.