vending machines

Posted By: nmj4354 on May 19, 2010


Hi all,
Has anyone heard or know anything about braces being dispensed from a
vending machine in a hospital?
Apparently the way it works is similar to the closet stock idea, the
vendor puts the me chine in the hospital (with all approvals done) and when
a brace is ordered by a dr, if it is something that the machine carries, the
patient ID is entered
and brace is dispenced. The information is transferred to vendor who then
bills for the brace. I do not know if can be outpatient or must be
inpatient..
There is supposedly a O&P company trying this.
Thanks for any input.

Nella M. Jones
Office Manager
Ozark Prosthetics
& Orthotics
3045 S. National Ste102
Springfield Mo 65804
417 889 3222














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