With a circulation of 25,000, Medical Product Outsourcing is the only global magazine focused on the expanding trend of outsourcing in medical device manufacturing. MPO covers the increasingly complex and demanding requirements that come with managing outsourcing partnerships. Medical Product Outsourcing highlights manufacturing services outsourcing across all sectors of the industry, including cardiovascular, imaging, diagnostics, and monitoring. About half of its readers are medical device manufacturers, with the rest coming from contract manufacturing services, consultants, contract research organizations, and government or educational institutions.
Staff shortages, limited funding, and an aging population have led healthcare systems in the US to play a key role in encouraging patients with chronic conditions to self-administer medical treatment. They’ve achieved this by moving the administration of certain therapies to patients’ homes, away from traditional clinical environments. This article discusses how hospitals are ‘outsourcing’ lower-risk medical procedures, which helps reduce overcrowding and encourages patients to take a more active role in their care.