In an effort to reduce user error and keep patients safe, smart pumps are now used in a majority of healthcare facilities. In fact, while only 44% of U.S. hospitals used smart infusion pumps in 2009, approximately 72.9% of hospitals reported using them in 2013. But how exactly do Alaris infusion pumps and similar types of hospital equipment prevent errors? We briefly explain a few of their common safeguards below.
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By Ibby Smith Stofer
Healthcare equipment is a necessity. Patient care and clinical satisfaction are two of the top concerns of all healthcare executives. With rapid technology advancements, integration of devices, recalls and diminishing reimbursement, and increasing capital requirements, providers often struggle with how to manage and fund equipment. Using medical equipment rental as an option for acquiring medical devices continues to be a resource hospitals look at to help with these problems.
Those who work in the healthcare industry know that the two ways to regulate the rate and amount of fluids dispensed through an IV are through manual means and by using infusion pumps. Patient-controlled analgesia (or PCA) pumps are just one type of pump commonly found in hospital facilities and other healthcare centers. These pumps, which include Alaris PCA pumps, give the patient more control over their pain and can thus facilitate healing and patient wellbeing.
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Since the late 1960s, infusion pumps have been used to deliver controlled amounts of fluids (like medications and nutrients) into patients' bodies for a variety of reasons. They are used in a wide variety of healthcare settings to infuse everything from hormones to pain relievers. Their effectiveness relies on their ability to deliver these fluids in precise volumes and rates at very specific times. Many of these fluid medications have high-risk designations, meaning that any sort of deviation from its intended use could have drastic consequences for both patients and caregivers.
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By Ibby Smith Stofer
They say we used to lead the world in healthcare just a couple of decades ago.
We still do as far as costs go!
Not too many years ago American workers dreamt of the days when they would be retired. They would have a good pension, plus any savings they had accumulated to spend as they wished. Many expected that Social Security and Medicare would be the safety net allowing them to travel at will, visit family and friends, and basically enjoy the good life of their golden years.
By Robb Stevens
If you approach equipment leasing with a wary eye, you’re probably not alone. Some of your past experiences may have even led you to believe that some of the questionable things you’ve seen are “just the way it is.” This may or may not be a fair assessment of the equipment leasing industry as a whole, depending on what you’ve experienced and who you have worked with.
By Ibby Smith Stofer
That question is familiar and often rephrased by the younger generation to be either, we have, or we can get an app for that. What do they mean and why would we want to use an app when using charts, Excel and other proven methods have provided us with the answers to our supply dilemmas for years or perhaps decades?
By Ibby Smith Stofer
The Customer’s Journey is a path every employee of every company should understand. They can even accompany their customers on the journey, at least virtually, by recreating the paths we ask them to take.
By Ibby Smith Stofer
During National Patient Safety week this year, Med One Group was working with many U.S. based providers, and we were expanding our international presence to provide medical equipment that aides the clinicians in their mission of patient safety.
By Ibby Smith Stofer
How can a hospital or healthcare facility improve sterility and potentially reduce hospital-acquired infections?
What device can aid in delivery of food, supplies to various departments or locations within the healthcare site?