Ekg Machines Are Essential To The Modern Medical Office
With more and more concern about the rising costs of health care, every means possible to cut expenses becomes important. One way doctor's offices and clinics and hospitals save is with the purchase of used medical equipment, usually refurbished equipment. But since any medical device being resold must be labeled as "used" these devices may be brand new surplus.
For example, a new ECG machine by GE typically retails for over $5,000 USD. But online, an identical used model can be found for $2,699. That is half the price of the same model bought new. Even never-been-used equipment that is still covered by a full warranty can be located at used medical equipment retailers. In fact, most refurbished devices also come with warranties similar to those carried by new models.
Almost every doctor's office has an EKG machine, or another name is ECG. The German form of these names had a " K" and the English form has a "C". Both words mean the same machine. The EKG/ECG is a basic machine in use in every medical setting.
It was in 1600 that the term "electricity" began to be used for the currents it describes, but it was not until 1893 that the Dutch researcher Willem Einthoven used the term electrocardiogram and two years later named the up and down motions or deflections from the heart's electrical impulses the familiar P, Q, R, S, and T. (The U wave was described much later and is not typical.) In 1901 he managed to design a galvanometer which could detect these impulse, the first working EKG. He received the Nobel Prize for this invention in 1924.
Early EKG machines used four limb leads and six chest leads. The leads were to connected to the electrodes, which were applied to the chest. The electrodes would pick up currents and record them on graph paper. Unlike those early EKG machines, current models are electronic and often completely automatic. Although a cardiologist still almost always gives a full reading, some of the modern EKG machines can give a preliminary interpretation.
Now EKG machines are able to get accurate recording with far fewer leads and can even be wireless so that patients can be mobile and monitored via telemetry. Old machines had to be set to every section of an EKG reading but now will generate all twelve leads automatically and most can be set to interpret or not.
Medical offices require an EKG machine as standard equipment. Therefore, it is important for these offices to find the best value when purchasing one. Viable options include reputable online vendors and vendors of used or refurbished equipment. Keeping equipment acquisition costs low will help reduce medical care costs.
Ever-rising costs are becoming more and more of a concern for medical facilities. Many hospitals, doctors' offices and clinics are turning to used medical equipment to keep new health care expenses in check. For example, a new GE ECG Machine typically retails for over $5,000 USD.
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