Health care delivery in America is striving to transform into a more preventive enterprise, but that doesn't mean there's less of a need for diagnostic medical supplies. In fact, they may play a role that grows in importance. Clinicians rely on, and hope for, early diagnosis in their patients because they know that the earlier they can intervene with a treatment or disease management plan, their chances of helping the patient increase.
Here is a resource list of diagnostic medical supply topics that can bring you up to speed on which medical supplies have helped clinicians discover and diagnose ailments in their patients throughout history, as well as some resources that are in place today that are bringing health care delivery into the digital age.
1. Diagnostic Medical Supplies for Diabetes and High Blood Pressure
I start here, with diagnostic medical supplies for diabetes and high blood pressure, because these two conditions are major contributors to one of America's leading killers -- heart disease.
The good news is that these two conditions are usually quite manageable and can have good prognoses with early intervention from a physician. The other crucial ingredient, however, to a long and healthy prognosis with these two conditions is patient compliance to the therapy regimen prescribed by the physician in charge of the care. It's commonly a struggle on that point. Few people, statistically, are excellent at compliance; remembering to take their medication on time, in the proper dose, sticking to their diet plan, or their exercise plan. Sometimes compliance is hindered due to the patient's inability to afford their ongoing prescriptions.
With those challenges in mind, diagnostic medical medical supplies become even more important so that the caregiver can monitor, closely, their patient's progress and then adapt and adjust their care regimen to the realities of the patient's situation.
Learn more about the specific medical supplies used to diagnose and monitor diabetes and high blood pressure by clicking on the link above.More »
2. How Does an Electronic Vitals Documentation System Improve Patient Care?
There are diagnostic medical supplies that enable nurses, medical assistants, and doctors to document vital signs electronically now too. These tools are growing in popularity now because of the benefits in care management and communication they give to the health care team:
- Accurate recordings
- Frequency of recordings
- Manpower benefits
- Communication and transmission of vitals through the electronic health record system in place
Learn more about these advantages and others by clicking on the link above.More »
3. A Product in Focus - Welch Allyn Connex® Electronic Vitals Documentation System
Welch Allyn has designed and developed their Connex® Electronic Vitals Documentation System to lead the way into this era of digital diagnostic medical supplies. Dig deeper in this topic by reading about the specific example of Welch Allyn's product.More »
4. 6 Common Types of Diagnostic Medical Equipment
But let's not forget about the importance of the human touch. In 6 Common Types of Diagnostic Medical Equipment you'll learn about the diagnostic medical supplies that have been used daily for, in some cases well-over a hundred years, diagnosis and monitoring. And even though they've been around for a long time, there's no indication that they will be disappearing any time soon.More »
5. Medical Supply Inventions that Improved Diagnostics
For fun, and for the history buffs like me, I included this short piece on some of the most relevant diagnostic medical supply inventions that have improved the quality of health care over the last few centuries.More »
6. Kid-Friendly Medical Supplies
No discussion or analysis of diagnostic medical supplies can get very far without mentioning children. There's clearly a nuance to pediatric care that one doesn't find in adult care models yet. That is, taking the fear out of the patient experience. (Or at least trying to.)
In the link to this article, you'll find some ideas about how some companies have dressed up pediatric care delivery with images, colors, and medical supplies that have adapted well to the child's needs.More »
7. I Heart My iPhone
In I Heart My iPhone you'll see how even small, portable commercial gadgets have been adapted to be used as diagnostic medical supplies. Perhaps medical supplies can be made "fun" for adults to use too.More »
8. Quick and Reimburseable COPD and Asthma Testing Technology
And finally, open this article link to read about a new a diagnostic medical supply designed for two more very common patient ailments -- asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.More »