THE VITAL ROLE OF OUTPATIENT LABS AND HOW TZ MEDICAL’S PRODUCTS HELP THEM THRIVE Outpatient and office-based labs have become increasingly popular over the last 10 years. In 2013, the Outpatient Endovascular and Interventional Society was formed to establish quality standards for care, safety, and more. With that additional security, patients and physicians have embraced the hybrid model, which combines a lab and surgery center under one roof. “For physicians, the advantage of an outpatient lab is that they can perform procedures between patient visits,” explains TZ Medical client Jerry Van Horn, the Director of Cardiovascular Services at the Arizona-based outpatient lab Phoenix Heart. “They can see a patient in the clinic, then step through a glass door, perform a heart catheterization or peripheral intervention, and step right back through the door and continue seeing patients in their office.” Phoenix Heart’s team of cardiologists offers patients a range of cath lab procedures, covering everything except coronary interventions, generator implants, and electrophysiology. When Van Horn opened his four-bed Phoenix Heart branch five years ago, coming off a 15-year career in medical sales, he immediately turned to TZ Medical for his products. During his years in the field visiting hospitals nationwide, he’d seen how comfortable patients were with our devices and says stocking them for his lab was “a no-brainer.” “The first product I started using from TZ was the Comfort Band when we started doing the majority of our cardiac cases radially, and we combine that with the Neptune patch from time to time as needed. We mostly use that for venous ooze situations, not primary for hemostasis,” he says. Van Horn’s lab sees between 250–300 cardioversions a year, and he has also relied on TZ for defibrillation electrodes and compression devices in the past. At the end of the day, Van Horn’s goal is to keep his patients comfortable during stressful procedures, and he advocates both TZ’s products and the outpatient model to that end. “Patients love that they can come in an hour before the procedure, have it performed, recover in our small holding area for 2 hours, and then go home,” he said. Whether your cath lab is inside a hospital or independent of one, TZ Medical’s devices can improve the lives of your patients and physicians. To learn more, call us today at 800-944-0187 or visit TZMedical.com.
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