Rep-Less: Loma Linda Leaders Reflect on the Process (Surgical Products Magazine)
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The room was full of OR managers, eager to hear about how their peers had adopted a newer concept. “I want to make one thing very clear – we are not anti-vendor in any way,” stated Ilsa Nation, RN, MA. She’s the director of Loma Linda University Medical Center’s East Campus Perioperative Services and Loma Linda Health Perioperative Services Scheduling and Billing. With her was Dr. Gary Botimer, chair of Orthopedics at Loma Linda University School of Medicine and Chief Operating Officer of Loma Linda Health Faculty Medical Practices. They were getting ready to share their experience implementing a rep-less model.
The premise of a rep-less model is facilities can reduce the cost of a procedure by reducing the cost of the materials by bypassing the OEMs, GPOs, sales representatives and distributors and purchasing from the materials manufacturer. In this case, it was purchasing orthopedic implants. Botimer stressed the total hip and total knee primary and replacement sets they used are American-made, FDA cleared products, and worked just as well because “not much has changed” in im...
