They are a little-known presence in many operating rooms, offering technical expertise to surgeons installing new knees, implanting cardiac defibrillators or performing delicate spine surgery. Often called device reps — or by the more cumbersome and less transparent moniker “health-care industry representatives” — these salespeople are employed by the companies that make … [Read more...] about Why is that salesman in the operating room for your spine surgery? Medical Device Employees Are Often In The O.R., Raising Concerns About Influence
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Spine Sales Reps Blues.Stormy Weather
April 17, 2016--The last decade has seen an unprecedent growth in the Spine market. Mainly due to the aging population and the development of improved technologies with new and better implants and instruments. Most of us, we have seen how spinal companies were growing and increasing their sales and profits. At the same time , we were giving full dedication to surgeons and … [Read more...] about Spine Sales Reps Blues.Stormy Weather
Spine Rep of Tomorrow: Adaptation is Key
April 3, 2016-- "...but the species that survives is the one that is able best to ADAPT and adjust to the changing environment in which it finds itself" said Darwin. Spine Market: Changing Environment In the recent years, the Spinal Industry has started a transformation .Governments and health insurers worldwide are implementing measures to control costs, public hospitals … [Read more...] about Spine Rep of Tomorrow: Adaptation is Key
Should Doctors Also Act as Device Sellers?
Physician-owned distributorships (PODs), commonly used by spinal surgeons and others to procure and distribute the medical devices for the procedures they perform, are coming under fire."While these arrangements are not always problematic, we are seeing more and more of these physician-salespeople using the very devices they sell in the surgeries and procedures they perform," … [Read more...] about Should Doctors Also Act as Device Sellers?
5 reasons why taking device sales reps out of the OR is a big mistake
Healthcare costs are spiraling out of control, and hospitals and health systems are attempting to reign in spending. Organizations are scaling back and cutting corners throughout the many stages of care. In an attempt to save money, some hospitals are experimenting with a rep-less medical device sales model. In the traditional model, a medical device sales rep from the … [Read more...] about 5 reasons why taking device sales reps out of the OR is a big mistake
Is the Spinal market really changing? Evidence shows that not very much
Is the spinal market changing? Most of us would think that it is not a very intelligent question since the answer is obvious. Of course is changing! Who does not know that! From our point of view it is not changing very much.One would say that prices are decreasing dramatically.Another would mention that new technologies are evolving with the 3D printer that allows to … [Read more...] about Is the Spinal market really changing? Evidence shows that not very much
Are doctors overpaid?
As Democrats and Republicans argue about how to spread the pain of health care spending cuts, one group has been curiously excluded from the discussion: doctors. There’s good reason to change that.Everybody likes doctors. They deliver our babies, treat our ailments and often save our lives. In surveys of public trust, they rate higher than college teachers, police, even clergy, … [Read more...] about Are doctors overpaid?