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IV infusion pumps only accept whole numbers, requiring manual rounding and adjustment for precise medication doses.
Nurse unable to escalate care for a deteriorating septic patient despite clear clinical signs, due to lack of resources (telemetry, higher-level care) and physician reluctance.
Nurses need clarity on whether administering half an ordered dose without provider approval is within scope of practice.
Phlebotomist struggles with integrated IV catheters that are difficult to advance after flash and where adhesive wipes catch the catheter hub, causing vessel damage and bruising.
Catheters for IV insertion are stuck tightly on the needle out of the package, making it difficult to slide the catheter down smoothly during venipuncture.
Phlebotomist struggles to successfully place IVs with new butterfly needle design that is more difficult to use one-handed.
Nurses in skilled nursing facilities fail to administer ordered PRN comfort medications to actively dying residents due to cultural influence and lack of protocol enforcement.
A medical device distribution company needs $2M in growth capital but traditional banks are too conservative and unwilling to lend against strong cash flow and clean financials.
A multi-location PT clinic struggles to find an EMR with truly integrated billing and clinical workflows across multiple locations, spending months evaluating options that each have significant trade-offs.
Touch screen interfaces on medical equipment like ventilators, telemetry monitors, and beds are frustrating and less reliable than physical buttons.
A NICU nurse on orientation is struggling with unsafe patient assignments involving multiple unstable babies on complex IV drips, leading to medication errors and an inability to provide adequate care.
Nurses at UCSF are responsible for taking vitals in addition to their primary duties, causing anxiety and delays when no CNAs are available.
Vascular access technicians are unable to place peripheral IVs under RN supervision due to lack of clear training protocols and regulatory pathways.
A newly hired PACU nurse has to wear 'business nice' attire for up to a month while waiting for custom scrubs, exposing personal clothes to biohazards.
Nursing students and staff lack a reliable system to track and follow up on patient care tasks like bed pan removal, leading to dangerous oversights in high-stress, understaffed environments.
Rehabilitation outcomes for small labrum tears in the shoulder are inconsistent, with no clear tool to predict which patients will succeed with physical therapy versus requiring surgery, or to prevent persistent pain after surgery.
A new physical therapy home therapy business owner is rejected from UHC credentialing due to specialty location closure, without a clear strategy to get accepted or maximize chances.
Healthcare workers lack training and resources for conducting end-of-life conversations with patients.
Athenahealth EHR/PM app is confusing for seniors and lacks an intuitive interface with direct patient portal access.
Healthcare workers are forced to see ER patients in staff break rooms due to overcrowding, depriving them of breaks away from patients.
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