COVID-19 Has Been a Mixed Blessing for Makers of Medical Equipment
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a huge impact on medical equipment manufacturers, with quickly shifting extreme highs and lows in revenue, reports the Economist.
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Mature Analytic Structure Boosts Healthcare Response to COVID-19
As COVID-19 struck, one of the most critical decisions healthcare providers faced was how to best allocate limited medical resources, including ventilators. But organizations that already had a mature analytics structure in place fared better than those that didn’t.
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Surprising Thoughts About the ‘Right to Repair’ Act
In this Soapbox column, Gay Gordon-Byrne, executive director of The Repair Association, shares her thoughts on the Critical Medical Infrastructure Act of 2020, introduced by Sen. Ron Wyden and Rep. Yvette D. Clarke on August 6. Her views may surprise you.
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Let Techs Fix Medical Devices: Why the Right to Repair Is a Healthcare Imperative
In an article for the New York Daily News, reporter Kevin O’Reilly details how several physicians in the U.S. have been unable to use life-saving equipment on COVID-19 patients due to broken devices. And, unfortunately, hospital-based biomeds aren’t able to fix the devices due to manufacturer-imposed constraints.
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Collective Intelligence and Collaboration Around 3D Printing: Rising to the Challenge of COVID-19
Shortages of PPE and other essential medical equipment brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic led healthcare systems to look to 3D printing for solutions.
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