In many places in hospitals running on medical equipment supplies. Their doctors work as hard as they will to provide the best care available, but often, it’s not enough.
Donating through the Samaritan’s Purse Gift Catalog to the medical equipment fund helps bring the mandatory supplies to hospitals that might otherwise never have access to life-saving devices.
Medical equipment plays a very important role in healthcare delivery. It ranges from small and simple devices such as sphygmomanometer to complex and large devices like magnetic resonance Imaging (MRI) machines. This ranking is the result of such new technologies and intended applications.
It is, therefore, of important importance that healthcare organizations manage their assets to keep their expenditures in check also
Medical Equipment Management (MEM) takes place within the context of human, material, structural, organizational, and financial resources. It is best to maintain the hospital and manage their equipment to promote the safe, effective, and economical use and maintenance of equipment. Responsible organizations should set up and regularly review MEM to ensure that a suitable medical device is used in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions, maintained in a safe and reliable condition at the end of its useful life. it’s also play an very vital role in homecare treatment at home in this coroan pandemic time.
Advantages of medical equipment at home
Monitor high chronic diseases
Long term illness cause like asthma, arthritis, cancer, etc. need frequent check-ups and treatments. Medical equipment can give big support to chronic illness patients at home. So the patients always need checkup and daily doctor consultation needed. device notify the case and help to improve the situation so that you can contact doctors immediately.
Avoids bad situations in emergency
Few medical supplies are designed in such a way that they can be treated in emergency situations. You can take an example of a first-aid kit. Respiratory aids, nebulizers etc. can save people from emergency situations. First aid box and treat major injuries excess blood flow and prevent them from going unconscious.
Increase patient safety
Most of the time people are concerned about the patient’s safety when leaving them in hospitals. While having medical devices at home lets you take care of patients closely. By seeking expert advice like a good diet plan and on a patient’s diet and most important usage of equipment, you can serve patients with good care at their favorite place – said that positive surroundings helps patients to recover fast.
Cuts cost on expensive procedures
When the patient needs it long term, the costs become unbearable. So having medical equipment like monitors, icu ventilators , medical beds, bipap and cpap machines,oxygen cylindersetc. at home is cost-effective. Patients also feel better and recover quickly in the home environment. The hospitals charge for everything like food, rent, and other equipment charges, frequent check-ups by doctors etc. Hence taking the patient to the home and providing good medical devices will save money. Also, this allows patients for speedy supports for quick recovery.
Change to a healthy lifestyle
In the case of long term illnesses, sometimes patients need to adapt to using medical equipment in their life. Equipment like wheelchairs, nebulizers, glucometers etc. and also a healthy diet plan become a part of their life. The usage is painful because it differs the patients from normal people but they contribute to a fit lifestyle.