Monday, April 2, 2012

Excerpt from Trident's April Edition of The Heartbeat Newsletter!


In Search of Cost Savings:
Thoughts on Blood Management
 
By Ralph E. Jordan, Founder & CEO
  
Ralph Jordan
From time to time I've written about the perfusion marketplace and the companies which compete withTrident Health Resources, Inc. There are many good companies out there  which can place a perfusionist behind the pump when a hospital needs coverage.  It's one of the services they may provide, perhaps among many different services offered.  At Trident, however, we specialize singularly in perfusion and with that, our efforts in the operating room expand beyond "putting someone behind the pump".  One of things I wanted to write about today is on the topic of blood management and its increasing importance in open heart surgery, especially for Trident.