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ORSupply.com — an online division of DRE, Inc. — has redesigned its online store based on positive feedback from its customers, who can utilize the website to search and purchase medical supplies and accessories faster than ever.

“Our customers were integral to our redesign of ORSupply.com, as they provided a roadmap of the features they wanted the site to have,” says Justin Jeffries, DRE’s marketing director. “The result is a fully streamlined online store our customers can use to speedily search, find and purchase their surgical supplies and medical devices.”

To provide an optimal online shopping experience, ORSupply.com features a search tool that is fully integrated with a web 2.0 tagging interface. One of the most intelligent medical search tools on the web, it can be utilized by medical facilities to immediately pinpoint the product they’re interested in.

According to Jeffries, ORSupply.com will continually upgrade its online store to match the needs of its customers. “Customers have encouraged us to consider adding features like automatic reordering and one-click reordering. We’re in the process of readying these features, which should be active in the near future,” says Jeffries.

In addition to redesigning its online store, ORSupply.com has expanded its catalog to include more than 15,000 distinct products. Recent additions include more than 6,000 new surgical items from Sklar Instruments. ORSupply.com also plans to add more products from trusted brands such as Hudson RCI, Flexicare and Intersurgical.

About ORSupply.com ORSupply.com is a division of DRE Inc. that specializes in selling and distributing medical accessories and supplies to hospitals, surgical centers, clinics, research labs, and medical facilities across the United States. ORSupply.com’s goal is to provide medical professionals with a one-stop destination for researching and purchasing medical accessories and supplies.

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Siemens has confirmed reports that a large reduction in its workforce will be implemented at the company to boost competitiveness and respond to global economic pressures.

As reported in DOTmed Online News last week, Siemens will be reducing its global workforce by approximately 16,750 jobs. The majority of the cuts will be in administrative positions, and will include approximately 2,800 jobs in the healthcare division worldwide. Of that figure, 1200 of the jobs will be reduced in Europe, with the remainder coming from other parts of the world.

As part of the company’s efforts to reduce operating costs by $1.9 billion by 2010, Siemens has reorganized management and consolidated operations into thress main units – healthcare, energy, and industrial. Siemens Healthcare is the well-known manufacturer of a wide range of hospital medical equipment, including the Siemens 300a Servo Ventilator, the Siemens 900C Respiratory Ventilator, The Siemens SC 9000XL Monitor, and the Siemens Hanaulux Oslo Operating Room Surgical Light.

Siemens, which is based in Munich, Germany, currently employs more than 400,000 workers in 190 countries. This job reduction represents about 4% of the company’s workforce.

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The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) provided funding to the Emergency Medical Assistance Program for the purchase of necessary emergency medical equipment.

The installation of this new emergency medical equipment at the Sheikh Zayed Hospital in Ramallah was celebrated at an event which highlighted the hospital’s increased capability to respond to health crises thanks to the new medical machines. The donated equipment, valued at over $125,000, included anesthesia equipment, a blood gas analyzer, a blood pressure machine, ECG equipment, and a vital signs monitor. As part of the same assistance package, the hospital will receive additional medical equipment next month. Earlier this year, the hospital received over $130,000 worth of medical accessories and disposables, including thermometers, catheters and would dressings.

USAID's Emergency Medical Assistance Program is a $30 million initiative, which provides emergency assistance to alleviate medical shortages at Palestinian hospitals and health clinics and thus contributes to the well-being of tens of thousands of Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. Since 1993, USAID has provided more than $1.7 billion in US economic assistance to Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza.

The Sheikh Zayed Hospital is the only emergency hospital in the West Bank and Gaza. Through these medical equipment donations, USAID aims to provide rapid assistance to respond to the most important Palestinian health needs.

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