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North Chelmsford, MA (PRWEB) May 21, 2012
Bleck Design Group, an award-winning industrial design and engineering firm, will showcase examples of its medical product design and development capabilities at MD&M East expo booth 427 during May 22-24, 2012. There will be innovative home health products, minimally invasive surgical instruments, and patient monitors designed by Bleck Design Group as well as examples of business equipment and consumer electronic product design.
Bleck Design Group, founded by James Bleck in 1983, designs products for clients in a wide range of industries: including medical devices, business equipment, computer/telecom, and consumer products. Its team of industrial designers and mechanical engineers has earned over twenty international awards for design excellence, including two prestigious Design of the Decade Awards from BusinessWeek/IDSA.
This MD&M event is a particularly great venue for connecting with contacts in the medical device industry, said Jim Bleck, president of Bleck Design Group. I look forward to discussing new projects, our medical product design capabilities, and current product development trends. We are excited to share how we apply our business equipment design experience to create easy-to-use electronic home healthcare products, as well as discuss the advantages of using Android tablet and phone technology in new product development.
For additional information about Bleck Design Groups product design capabilities contact Jim Bleck at 978-251-7474 x223 or 508-932-4233 or visit http://www.bleckdesigngroup.com.
About Bleck Design Group:
Bleck Design Group is an award-winning product design and development firm based in North Chelmsford Massachusetts. For over 25 years, their industrial designers and mechanical engineers have created iconic designs for visionary leaders at both small and large medical device, business equipment and consumer product companies. They have a proven track record of working with clients to provide seamless product development from concept to production.
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Question by : What do Medical Professionals think about the passing of the health care bill, both the pros and cons?
I am currently doing research on the health care bill, and would like to know how medical professionals (from all walks) feel about the passing of the health care bill. Let me know your profession and how long you’ve been in the medical field. Include both the pros and cons if possible. Let me know what you think!
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Answer by Tofu Ninja
I am a hospital pharmacist and I think it is a good thing. We have so many patients with no insurance coming to ER because of no insurance (or they don’t want to pay.) The hospital get stuck with the bills and we have to lay off a lot of people. ER is very expansive. If they have insurance, they can go to primary care doctor for minor things. They also have to pay their co-pay which will reduce those frivolous ER visit. We have people come in just for allergy! They don’t want to pay for Claritin over the counter and come to ER and asked for a prescription. Then filled in at pharmacy with Medicaid. We need them pay some money back!
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Question by : What do Medical Professionals think about the passing of the health care bill, both the pros and cons?
I am currently doing research on the health care bill, and would like to know how medical professionals (from all walks) feel about the passing of the health care bill. Let me know your profession and how long you’ve been in the medical field. Include both the pros and cons if possible. Let me know what you think!
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Answer by Tofu Ninja
I am a hospital pharmacist and I think it is a good thing. We have so many patients with no insurance coming to ER because of no insurance (or they don’t want to pay.) The hospital get stuck with the bills and we have to lay off a lot of people. ER is very expansive. If they have insurance, they can go to primary care doctor for minor things. They also have to pay their co-pay which will reduce those frivolous ER visit. We have people come in just for allergy! They don’t want to pay for Claritin over the counter and come to ER and asked for a prescription. Then filled in at pharmacy with Medicaid. We need them pay some money back!
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Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) April 15, 2012
The Medical Device Manufacturing industry has enjoyed strong revenue growth recently and is forecast to continue expanding in the years ahead. Since 2007, revenue increased at an average annual rate of 12.8%, and sales are expected to grow 7.4% in 2012 alone, to $ 64.7 billion. The US economic downturn did little to deter hospitals and other customers from purchasing medical devices, according to IBISWorld industry analyst Nima Samadi. In fact, more industry companies gained sales in 2008 and 2009 than lost them. The aging US population is a major factor driving demand, as the occurrence of health issues that require medical devices is higher in the elderly population. This demographic is forecast to expand further as a percentage of the total population during the five years to 2017, which will help maintain industry growth.
But revenue in the Medical Device Manufacturing industry will not grow as quickly over the five years to 2017. The changing regulatory environment will be the main hindrance, Samadi said. For example, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 will place an excise tax on medical devices, eating into revenue and reducing profit. Also, potential reform to the approval process for new devices will likely hamper innovation and encourage more companies to shift functions overseas.
Foreign outsourcing of manufacturing, research and development and other operations, combined with industry consolidation, is forecast to decrease the number of industry operators during the next five years. This industry has traditionally had a low level of industry concentration, with no one firm dominating. Small operators are common in this type of industry, and typically specialize in developing technology and products for a niche area. Larger players frequently seek to acquire these firms to expand their product range or gain access to a particular technology. But during the five years to 2012, consolidation has swept the industry, with the number of companies decreasing at an average annual rate of 5.5% to total 828. Meanwhile, emerging markets like China and Brazil will attract medical device manufacturers, as US customers face more stringent Medicare reimbursement requirements and other cost-cutting pressures. For more information, visit IBISWorlds Medical Device Manufacturing report in the US industry page.
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I am currently doing research on the health care bill, and would like to know how medical professionals (from all walks) feel about the passing of the health care bill. Let me know your profession and how long you’ve been in the medical field. Include both the pros and cons if possible. Let me know what you think!
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Answer by Tofu Ninja
I am a hospital pharmacist and I think it is a good thing. We have so many patients with no insurance coming to ER because of no insurance (or they don’t want to pay.) The hospital get stuck with the bills and we have to lay off a lot of people. ER is very expansive. If they have insurance, they can go to primary care doctor for minor things. They also have to pay their co-pay which will reduce those frivolous ER visit. We have people come in just for allergy! They don’t want to pay for Claritin over the counter and come to ER and asked for a prescription. Then filled in at pharmacy with Medicaid. We need them pay some money back!
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Question by : What do Medical Professionals think about the passing of the health care bill, both the pros and cons?
I am currently doing research on the health care bill, and would like to know how medical professionals (from all walks) feel about the passing of the health care bill. Let me know your profession and how long you’ve been in the medical field. Include both the pros and cons if possible. Let me know what you think!
Best answer:
Answer by Tofu Ninja
I am a hospital pharmacist and I think it is a good thing. We have so many patients with no insurance coming to ER because of no insurance (or they don’t want to pay.) The hospital get stuck with the bills and we have to lay off a lot of people. ER is very expansive. If they have insurance, they can go to primary care doctor for minor things. They also have to pay their co-pay which will reduce those frivolous ER visit. We have people come in just for allergy! They don’t want to pay for Claritin over the counter and come to ER and asked for a prescription. Then filled in at pharmacy with Medicaid. We need them pay some money back!
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(PRWEB) April 17, 2012
Nationwide, drugs used for acute cardiac care such as Sodium Bicarbonate, analgesics like morphine, and other common drugs like Epinephrin, Heparin, Dopamine, Fentanyl, Lidocaine, Magnesium Sulfate, and many others are on back order or are not available to health care providers, as manufacturers of the generic drugs face cost and production interferences or are stopping production altogether, cites a recent CBS article: http://tinyurl.com/7cl4266
The Missouri EMS Association, MEMSA, wishes to highlight the fact that, on the national level, EMS providers have the most difficulty in obtaining the needed drugs in the present shortage because unlike most hospitals, pre-hospital emergency health care providers are generally smaller entities without significant buying power.
For example, emergency patients requiring rapid sequence intubation, which provides an emergency airway, require the anesthesia known as Etomidate, an expensive drug not currently available. Paramedics and EMTs also do not have access to other life-saving medications needed to treat patients. Some agencies recently reported as little as a two-day supply of Midazolam or Versed, a sedative used to treat seizures.
This is a real drug shortage issue, where critical life and health needs cannot be met, said Dr. Joseph Salomone, an EMS medical director and representative of the Missouri EMS Association. EMS provides time critical medical attention in emergency situations. Even where there may be an option to temporarily replace one drug for another, the change creates a lot of interference in the preparation and administration of medications such as dosage and concentration changes, packaging changes, which means new points for error so this is also a patient safety issue.
The off patent generic drugs generally yield a narrow profit margin for manufacturers, some of which are forced to stop production due to FDA oversight issues such as inspections which create cost obstacles for producers. Some drug companies have apparently stopped making certain medicines in a dispute over new federal regulations. Other potential causes for the medication shortage may be unanticipated increases in demand or shortages of raw materials.
The number of drug shortages in the United States nearly tripled between 2005 and 2010 and are becoming more severe and more frequent.
In order to to clarify the scope of the problem and share ways that EMS systems are coping with the drug shortages, the National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians, NAEMT, will participate in a meeting on April 16 in Washington, D.C. sponsored by the Department of Health and Human Services that will bring together representatives from federal agencies and national EMS organizations. NAEMT is also offering EMS practitioners a survey to capture drug shortage data at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/emsdrugshortage.
About MEMSA: The Missouri EMS Association is a statewide nonprofit EMS association dedicated to supporting EMS professionals, members and agencies at the legislative, educational, membership and communications levels. Ensuring that EMS professionals receive quality pre-hospital support and education in the state of Missouri, assures quality pre-hospital care for the public. http://www.memsa.org.
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Contact: Jessica Anderson Phone: 573-761-9911 Email: memsa(at)memsa(dot)org
MEMSA 425 E. High Street Jefferson City, Missouri 65101
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Question by : What do Medical Professionals think about the passing of the health care bill, both the pros and cons?
I am currently doing research on the health care bill, and would like to know how medical professionals (from all walks) feel about the passing of the health care bill. Let me know your profession and how long you’ve been in the medical field. Include both the pros and cons if possible. Let me know what you think!
Best answer:
Answer by Tofu Ninja
I am a hospital pharmacist and I think it is a good thing. We have so many patients with no insurance coming to ER because of no insurance (or they don’t want to pay.) The hospital get stuck with the bills and we have to lay off a lot of people. ER is very expansive. If they have insurance, they can go to primary care doctor for minor things. They also have to pay their co-pay which will reduce those frivolous ER visit. We have people come in just for allergy! They don’t want to pay for Claritin over the counter and come to ER and asked for a prescription. Then filled in at pharmacy with Medicaid. We need them pay some money back!
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