Ordering healthcare equipment can feel like a big milestone. The purchase order is approved, the manufacturer confirms the order, and the delivery date is on the calendar.
Then reality arrives, sometimes on a truck (or two).
To prepare for that reality healthcare facilities need to confirm that the building, utilities, technology, clinical teams, delivery route, installation area, and internal processes are ready to receive an equipment delivery.
Does Your Medical Equipment Distributor Have Storage Space for Your Next Equipment Refresh or Construction Project?
Buying medical equipment is only one part of a successful equipment refresh, renovation, expansion, or new construction project.
Someone still has to figure out where all that equipment will be stored until the clinical space is ready.
That question can become surprisingly complicated.
In hospitals and other healthcare facilities, nurses and other clinicians are responsible for far more than direct patient care. Throughout a single shift, they may administer medications, gather supplies, assist with procedures, respond to changing patient needs, and coordinate with other members of the care team.
Patient positioning equipment may not be the flashiest category on an equipment list, but it has a way of becoming very important the moment it is missing, incompatible, or stored somewhere no one can find it.
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With the HHS and DOJ enforcement active, healthcare organizations need accessible medical diagnostic equipment.
This summer marked two significant milestones in healthcare accessibility. On July 8, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) enforcement deadline passed requiring healthcare facilities that receive federal financial assistance, such as Medicare, Medicaid, or other funding from the HHS, to acquire at least one compliant exam chair and one compliant wheelchair scale per facility.1
