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Medical device companies and acute care facilities have traditionally relied on manual inventory management approaches. However, this is no longer viable for many reasons and forward-thinking companies are embracing automated solutions inst...

By Lindsey Kromm, Director of Client Services If you haven’t had a chance to read The Fred Factor by Mark Sanborn, this is your sign to grab a copy right now! The book is about a passionate mail carrier named Fred who goes the extra mile in...

by: Joe Pleshek, President & CEO As our nation continues to grapple with the increasing cost of healthcare, the growth of services provided by Ambulatory Surgery Centers (ASCs) offers a great model for transformation in the delivery of heal...

Jump to Build To Buy If you are anything like us, you believe that losing inventory due to theft, expiration, or temperature excursion is unacceptable. Even worse if that loss costs you revenue, leads to regulatory violations or wasted time...

Even though two years have passed since the COVID-19 pandemic began, hospitals are still feeling the effects. Staffing shortages continue to be a major issue, with one study showing that hospital employment is recovering slower than the res...

Today’s healthcare landscape is high intensity, and nurses are feeling the strain — not just from clinical demands, but also from supply-related tasks that pull them away from patient care. One of the most time-consuming of these tasks is i...

As we see smart inventory management being adopted more and more by healthcare, it only seems logical that related industries would benefit from IoT hardware and software solutions as well. Medical aesthetics is one of those healthcare adja...

The way that medical supply inventory is managed in hospitals is changing. In the past, it was normal for healthcare organizations to have a surplus of inventory. Physicians had to be served, nurses had to be able to find what they needed q...

I recently read an article which compared two technologies within the healthcare space – barcodes and RFID. The article explores the benefits of tracking assets or inventory in hospitals and compared these two technologies side-by-side in c...

By Padmini Chintakayala, Sr Quality Assurance Engineer I am sure we have all heard about quality assurance or quality control at some point in our careers. Quality assurance at face value means that a product or service is at its optimum le...

Terso’s own, Nina Petters, and Avery Dennison’s, Benjamin Read, sit down to discuss the breakthroughs RFID technology is making in the pharma & healthcare industry – enhancing safety, efficiency, and patient care. Related content News Embra...

By Kristine Lohman, Marketing Manager As 2020 wraps up, I think we can all let out a collective sigh. We’ve been through a lot. Of course, there’s still a lot of work to be done as we enter the New Year, but one thing that remains consisten...

The specialty pharma industry is at the forefront of delivering groundbreaking treatments for the world’s most complex and life-threatening diseases. However, the sector faces a range of significant challenges that must be addressed to full...

BY Joe Pleshek, Terso's CEO & President In a recent white paper entitled, “Know Now: The Need for Improved Inventory Visibility of Medical Devices” we explained the need for change in the healthcare supply chain relating to field inventory....

by Ben Read, Business Development Executive The history of adoption of RAIN RFID for the European markets started back in the late nineties/early noughties, following the opening of the Auto-ID Centre (AIDC) in Europe, initially in the Unit...

In a past article, President and CEO of Terso Solutions, Joe Pleshek discussed if consignment inventory could be seen as a blessing or a curse to suppliers. He concluded that the stark reality facing medical device manufacturers is the nece...

By Dr. Ashley Anderson, Chief Medical Officer Is anyone not tired of the SARS-CoV-2 virus? When can we get rid of these masks and go back to bars and restaurants? When can we start to travel? When can we visit our friends and families? Atte...

While the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the shift of more procedures to ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs), the primary driver for years has been cost savings. Medicare pays hospital outpatient departments double the rates paid to ASCs (ASCA...

How Vendor Interoperability Eliminates Missing Links in the Medical Implant Supply Chain The growing regulatory scrutiny, the demand for inventory transparency, and the concerns over patient safety have led hospitals and health systems to i...

By Jonathan Tillman, CEO, Medical Tracking Soultions Why do companies still build their own Loaner Kit Processing Software? This is a question I ask myself almost daily, but none of the answers I tell myself seem to satisfy. So, a little hi...

Cory Turner, Director of Healthcare Strategy and Product Marketing, Tecsys We’ve been hearing from our customers how Omnicell’s OptiFlex point of use (POU) system is ceasing production and support for its medical/surgical supply cabinets. Y...

By Lisa Brooks, RN, MSN, MBA Staffing Shortages and Vaccine Deadlines: The Newest Headline in a Decades-Old Struggle When I was contemplating becoming a nurse in the early 2000s, what swayed me was a set of commercials by Johnson & Johnson....

Whether driven by cost pressure or sunsetting of legacy systems, many healthcare organizations are re-evaluating the inventory management technology they have in place. It is common to find older systems in use that require manual steps lik...

Factor #1: Importance of staff efficiency “If making the most of staff time is important, then it’s important for providers to consider technology that enables their team to perform the jobs they were hired to do,” explained Jason Rosemurgy...

Tune into this conversation between Joe Pleshek, President & CEO of Terso Solutions and Michael Knauer, Founder of mymediset, where they discuss challenges of inventory management in healthcare and the automated solutions that not only exis...

This article is a republished blog post by guest author, David Mascitto, Senior Manager, Product Marketing at Tecsys As 2024 continues, the November 27 DSCSA serialization deadline looms large over the entire pharmaceutical supply chain. If...

By Keith Hoffman, VP Sales & Marketing Terso has completed many significant RFID projects over the years. Inevitably, we face fears and objections when it comes to launching new initiatives around RFID solutions due to a number of misconcep...

By Lindsey Kromm, Terso's Director of Client Services Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, as a working mother of three young kids, every minute during the week is accounted for in some way, shape or form. Now, with everyone at home, I’m find...

Radio Frequency Identification RFID, which stands for radio frequency identification, is a form of wireless communication that uses radio waves to identify and track objects. There are a number of forms of RFID technology on the market toda...

By David Lefkowitz, SENIOR DIRECTOR OF MARKET STRATEGY The landscape of specialty pharmaceuticals is evolving at a rapid pace, driven by demographic shifts, technological advancements, and increasing global health challenges. As the world’s...

by Lisa Brooks, RN, MSN, MBA I started my nursing career on a medical-surgical unit of a busy city hospital. Like most new nursing graduates, I was put on the night shift and frequently assigned more than the recommended number of patients....

By Lisa Brooks, RN, MSN, MBA The Unique Challenges of Inventory Management for Specialty Pharmacy Specialty pharmacy faces many challenges when it comes to supply chain and inventory management. The aging population is already having a majo...