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The growing demand for endoscopy


There can be no surprise to the undeniable facts behind the booming endoscopy mar- ket. The increasing demand for endoscopic procedures correlates not only with the aging population, but the rising preva- lence of gastrointestinal disorders and other chronic conditions around the world. These minimally invasive procedures will continue to increase in terms of innovation and application.


• As per the reports from the Administration of Community Living (ACL), the number of people of age 65 and older were 54.1 million in 2019 and is projected to grow around 94.7 million by 2060 in the U.S.;


• As per the recent reports from the American Cancer Society, there are over 26,380 new cases of stomach cancer observed in 2022, accounting for 1.5% of all cancers diagnosed;


• As per the epidemiology study cited in the NCBI, gastric cancer is deemed as 5th most common forms of cancers with high mortality and caused over 783,000 deaths in 2018.


• Global market for endoscopy was valued at over US$33.48 billion in 2021 and is estimated to register a 7% CAGR during the forecast period of 2022-2030.


• Global endoscopy industry revenue from the endoscope product segment surpassed US$16.81 billion in 2021 due to the ris- ing incidence of chronic diseases, such as cancer and gastrointestinal disorders.


• Global endoscopy market value from the laparoscopy application segment is expected to cross US$16.71 billion by 2030 with the awareness about early detection and treatment of diseases and access to advanced equipment.


• U.S. endoscopy market share is anticipated to surpass US$23.8 billion by 2030, with increase in geriatric population, medi- cal device innovations, modern health- care infrastructure and rising cases of chronic conditions.


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Grim report for hospitals predicted to close out 2022 A new analysis prepared by Kaufman, Hall & Associates, LLC and released today by the American Hospital Association shows that hospitals and health systems continue to face intense pressure on staff and resources while also dealing with rising expenses for sup- plies, drugs and equipment, as well as for the workforce. eft unaddressed, these fi nancial chal- lenges have the potential to jeopardize access to essential health care services for patients. The trends are expected to continue through 2022, with losses in the billions of dollars for hospitals and health systems, resulting in the most fi nan- cially diffi cult year for the fi eld since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020. The fi rst half of  has severely tested hospitals and health systems due to the impacts of COVID-19 surges, increased expenses and a lack of COVID-19 relief funding. As a result, even the most opti- mistic projections for the entirety of 2022 indicate margins will be down 37% com- pared to pre-pandemic levels, with more than half of hospitals operating in the red. Under a pessimistic scenario for the rest of 2022, margins could be down as much as 133% compared to pre-pandemic levels, with over two-thirds of hospitals operat- ing in the red.


“While federal support and relief has tapered off, the fi ght against CD hasnt. Managing the aftermath of the pandemic has placed the vast maority of mericas hospitals in serious fi nancial eopardy as they experience severe workforce short- ages, broken supply chains, the Medicare 2% sequester kicking back in and rapid infl ation that has increased the cost of car- ing,” said Rick Pollack, AHA president and CEO. “These realities translate into access to services being put in jeopardy. This deserves the immediate attention of poli- cymakers at every level of government to ensure we are able to keep people healthy and maintain essential public services that our communities depend on. America sim- ply cant be strong without its hospitals being strong.” Read on: https://hpnonline.com/21281014


Black boxes landing in operating rooms


For decades, the airline industry has ben- efi ted from so-called black boxes, which record fl ight data and cockpit conversa- tions. The collected information allows airlines to boost safety by predicting and mitigating risks.


6 November 2022 • HEALTHCARE PURCHASING NEWS • hpnonline.com Now, similar technology is moving into


another high-stakes arena: the operating room. The new technology, called OR Black Box, has been installed in four operating rooms at tanford Hospital  the fi rst on the West Coast — with plans to expand to several more rooms. These sophisticated monitoring systems capture everything that goes on in the oper- ating room, from human performance to distractions, patient vital signs to equip- ment malfunctions — all factors that might affect the outcome of a procedure. “I was inspired by aviation and what made aviation the safest form of trans- portation,” said Teodor Grantcharov, MD, PhD, the inventor of the OR Black Box, who recently joined Stanford Medicine as a professor of surgery. “Our patients are not aircraft, but a lot of the methods — the culture, the approach to safety, the never-ending pursuit of safer — is transferable,” he said. The information collected by the moni- toring system becomes a rich resource from which new protocol solutions can emerge. When quality, safety and operations teams at Stanford Hospital notice potential prob- lems in effi ciency, collaboration or safety, they can turn to the data to pinpoint factors that can be improved. Read on: https://hpnonline.com/21283211


New study show SARS-CoV-2 infects fat tissue A study by Stanford Medicine investigators shows that SARS-CoV-2 can infect human fat tissue. This phenomenon was seen in laboratory experiments conducted on fat tissue excised from patients undergoing bariatric and cardiac surgeries, and later infected in a laboratory dish with SARS- Co-. t was further confi rmed in autopsy samples from deceased COVID-19 patients. Obesity is an established, independent


risk factor for SARS-CoV-2 infection as well as for the patients progression, once infected, to severe disease and death. Reasons offered for this increased vul- nerability range from impaired breath- ing resulting from the pressure of extra weight to altered immune responsiveness in obese people.


But the new study provides a more direct reason: SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, can directly infect adipose tis- sue (which most of us refer to as just plain “fat”). That, in turn, cooks up a cycle of viral replication within resident fat cells, or adipocytes, and causes pronounced infl am- mation in immune cells that hang out in fat tissue. The infl ammation converts even uninfected “bystander” cells within the tissue into an infl ammatory state.


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