With shrinking revenue margins in primary care medicine, deciding how to subsidize a practice’s precious capital resources, becoming more complicated.

Suppose you have got your new setup underway and are considering buying Medical Equipment such as a Stryker Laparoscopic tower or endoscopic tower for your hospital setup or other medical facilities. In that case, you are on the right platform. This article will help you walk through the selection procedure.

Choice of new medical or refurbished medical equipment depends on the type of medical facilities and needs in the future and the budget and options for purchase.

“One should decide what they want and then decide for how much time they want that equipment to be operating and the third factor is the cost and of course the reliability of the supplier”-Dr. Paresh Ranjan, Bihar

Refurbished or New Medical Equipment-which one you should opt for?

No Doubt, the surgeons are well practised after their training sessions during graduation; however, not enough to implement and execute their new knowledge on new medical equipment such as 60 Lac worth of Laparoscope. Therefore it is recommended that the doctors utilize the Refurbished Medical Equipment firstly for Diagnostic purposes. And later for surgery when they become more confident with the equipment—for example, using an endoscopic camera to examine the interior of a cavity of the body before using the endoscope to operate.

Purchasing refurbished medical equipment is something many physicians may consider. The primary reason for such matters is that Refurbished Medical Devices are cost-effective (producing good results without costing a lot of money). 

Due to the high cost of new medical equipment, patients are charged more to compensate for the investment. On the other hand, being cost-effective, the Refurbished Medical Equipment serves more patients in lower compensations.

Small & medium hospitals usually prefer refurbished equipment that will cost less but perform well. If you have a primary setup and purchasing new equipment is out of range, then again, buying Refurbished Medical Equipment would be the preeminent decision.

Another reason is that if we get the same results with Refurbished Medical Equipment as New equipment, what else do we need! Since our primary concern is the appropriateness of functionality of the equipment used for high-quality treatment.

Dr Nikhil (Adler’s client) also suggests young doctors go for Refurbished Medical Equipment.

Look for a suitable supplier.

Once you have decided purchase the Refurbished equipment, the next task comes at selecting the company and the supplier where you are expected to research their certification, warranty and reliability.

[Stryker and Karl Storz are the well-known brands for the Refurbished Medical Equipment. Each has its benefits, find out more about them here – https://addler.com/stryker-vs-karl-storz/].

During an interview, Dr Nikhil reported that Adler had been a constant support during his journey of 6 months as they were there for him if he had any queries need help or favours. He added that they always briefed him openly with the details without hiding any limitation of the equipment.

The above-given detail is an example of how you may select your required supplier of Refurbished Medical Equipment like Dr Nikhil did according to his requirements. He seemed fond of the company’s services.

“I was suggested by my senior to go for Adler, I did the same, and it turned out to be my best experience” -Dr. Nikhil, Hyderabad

Quality check

 Last but not least, consideration, before you select the equipment, is to check the quality. One should never settle for the lower quality of the equipment since the primary purpose is the functionality of the equipment.

“My advice for the young doctors would only be to never compromise on quality” -Dr. Naveen, Hyderabad