Category Archives: Product Announcement

Help for Home Care and Hospice Providers

We know that the primary focus of Home Care and Hospice providers is to provide the best possible care for their patients; we also know that the last thing on their mind is the supply chain.  Luckily we have a solution that focuses on this aspect of your business for you!

Our thought was simple, find a way to have the clinicians who care for patients enter their orders while in the field, have those orders go through a series of checks and balances (set by the providing agency of course) and then deliver the orders directly to the patient’s or clinician’s home the next day.  Then we had another idea, what if we created an interface with agency’s billing software so the orders AND invoices flowed seamlessly between the two companies eliminating double entry.  The solution we created from these ideas is GroveConnect.

The way GroveConnect can help you increase your patient care is by saving your organization both TIME and MONEY.  By implementing this process orders can be placed as your clinicians see their patients (from formularies you put together), you’ll eliminate the need for large medical supply closets and cut out the numerous back and forth trips clinicians make to get supplies.  All of which increase your operational costs.  The feature, however, that sets Grove’s tool apart from others is that you can write your own checks and balances (e.g. only one silver dressing for a patient per week, order value not to exceed $25.00, etc.) and that these rules can be patient specific, product specific, time frame specific and/or a combination of any and all.  If one of these checks and balances are breached an email will be sent to the Clinician Manager to be either approved or declined based on patient need, doctor’s orders, etc.

The beauty of GroveConnect is that it delivers on the features listed above while increasing control through formularies (that’s right you can create as many as you like) and having orders go through a series of checks and balances.  Best of all it reduces the amount of time spent on managing this process leaving more time in the day as well as dollars in the budget to focus on patient care!

Come join Grove and let our technology help you work smarter, not harder. We’re here to help!

The Healthcare Note by Grove Medical

Name Change for Abbott Nutrition’s Glucerna Shake

Abbott Nutrition emailed this morning to let us know that Glucerna Shake, the #1 doctor recommended nutrition shake for people with diabetes* ,  will soon undergo a name change.  Per the email we received the change is in response to new regulatory mandates requiring a ‘statement of identity’ on product labels and that there will be absolutely NO change to the product itself or the item numbers.  The new name will be Glucerna Therapeutic Nutrition and will begin entering the market this month.

Regarding the lack of changes to the formulation it was noted that  CARBSTEADY®, which includes slowly digestible carbohydrates designed to help minimize blood sugar spikes, will continue to be a part of the formulation.  Also the 27 vitamins and minerals, 100% of the daily value of Vitamin C, and chromium picolinate, which aides your own body’s insulin, are still there.   More great news is that Glucerna Therapeutic Nutrition will continue to be gluten free and suitable for folks who are lactose intolerant.  Below is a mock-up of the new label:

Keep in mind that the new name rolls out this month so don’t be alarmed, you’re still getting the same great Glucerna Shake, just under a  new name.  If you have any questions please contact us and we’ll be glad to help out!

The Healthcare Note by Grove Medical

New Compat Administration Sets from Nestle

Nestle continues to advance safety through innovation by introducing their new Compat® Administration Pump sets with the SpikeRight® PLUS Connector.   With this introduction Nestle has taken the lead, even amid delays by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), in offering an enteral feeding system that is incompatible with I.V. systems.

To date more than 270,000,000 units of the SpikeRight PLUS system have been sold worldwide with only one reported incident of tubing miss-connection.  To learn more about how Nestle can help you reduce the number of tubing miss-connects please watch the video below.  It not only presents facts and figures, but also gives you step-by-step instructions on how to use this innovative product.

 

As we’ve said before Grove is proud to partner with manufacturers who provide innovations to make our industry more efficient, safer and able to provide better care.  These are some of the same principles that we base our business on and we’d love to show you the Grove Medical difference.  Please contact us for more information on this product as well as the thousands of other products we represent.

Have a great day,

The Healthcare Note by Grove Medical

New Skin Wellness System by Kendall

Our friends at Kendall, a part of Covidien, have introduced their new Skin Wellness System in an effort to be the complete partner in providing top notch care for your patients.  Kendall’s system is designed to cleanse, moisturize, protect and treat skin and when you use each of the products in the line you can very effectively care for damaged skin, especially damage caused by incontinence.

The products in Kendall’s Skin Wellness System contain jojoba oil, a natural extract from the seeds of the jojoba plant that very closely resembles the oils found in our skin.  This resemblance allows the jojoba oil to be easily absorbed into the skin and with repeated application the moisturizing and skin protection effects of the jojoba oil are maximized.

As mentioned before you’ll find in this program products to cleanse, moisturize, protect and treat skin.  There are two no rinse cleansing options (Body Wash and Shampoo and 2-in-1 Cleanser), three options for moisturizing (Moisturizing Lotion, Moisture Barrier Cream and Soothing Ointment), one option for protection (Antimicrobial Cleanser) and one for treatment (Antifungal Cream).

Grove is one of only a handful of distributors in the healthcare supply chain with access to Kendall’s new Skin Wellness line so give us a call, email or visit our website for more information, we’d love to help you!

The Healthcare Note by Grove Medical

Fougera Temporarily Discontinues Products

We’ve just received word from Fougera that two of their products that we carry have been temporarily discontinued and wanted to make you all aware.

For reasons unknown Fougera has temporarily discontinued both items 0053-16 White Petrolatum 1lb Jar and 0053-45 White Petrolatum 5g Foil Packs.  Luckily we have substitute items available for both sizes; PJ13 Petroleum Jelly 13oz for the one pound jar and PJF Petroleum Jelly Foil Packs for the 5g foil packs.  Please log onto our website, www.GroveMedical.com or contact your Sales or Customer Service Representative for pricing and further information on the subs. As we know more you’ll know more!

Thanks for reading,

The Healthcare Note by Grove Medical