Improving Patient Safety at The Point of Care with Joan Melendez of Xcelrate UDI

Did you know about $6 billion is spent each year in medical device recall management? Having a product recall is probably a medical device companies, worst nightmare, but once something gets recalled, the communication between the FDA and manufacturers and healthcare facilities, all involved in the workflow of that product ,often break down or are slow to respond. This results in patients becoming highly at risk.  To solve this, Joan created Xcelrate UDI with a goal to improve patient safety at the point of care, by leveraging the power of the unique device identification system for medical devices and biological tissues.  Xcelrate UDI uses innovative barcode scanning technology to capture the data required by the FDA and digitally document. The patient health record with precision and accuracy. Joan has over 25 years building and optimizing healthcare applications specializing in perioperative, anesthesia, and trauma workflows. She shares some great insights with us today by starting a couple of, with a big mission. And it was an 800% increase in recalls in recent years, a byproduct of companies increasingly moving faster in this space over time, there has never been a more important time than now to focus on quality and alerting and patient safety. Show notes:https://www.xcelrateudi.com/https://www.linkedin.com/company/xcelrate-udi/Music by keldezQualio website:https://www.qualio.com/Previous episodes:https://www.qualio.com/from-lab-to-launch-podcastApply to be on the show:https://forms.gle/uUH2YtCFxJHrVGeL8Music by keldez