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Medical facilities may want to act on large capital purchases before 2013 when the 2.3 percent tax from the Affordable Care Act goes into effect. Why? Medical device costs may go up, according to a study commissioned by AdvaMed.

DRE’s partnership with Kenya Relief continues this holiday season with the exciting opportunity to donate specific medical devices or funds for independent projects. Now, medical professionals and donors can select devices from the Kenya Relief brochure to donate and it will arrive in Kenya shortly after Christmas for use by American teams working alongside Kenyan healthcare providers at Kenya Relief’s surgery center and the new Kenya Relief Medical Center being constructed in 2013.

Refurbished medical equipment is an appealing option for many facilities because it typically costs less than new equipment. Facilities need to weigh their options when making large purchases to fit within demanding budgets and priorities. Here, we will discuss what questions medical professionals need to consider when buying refurbished equipment.

DRE’s telemetry exchange program is simple—send us your broken transmitters, receive a professionally refurbished quality transmitter at a discounted rate and save thousands while keeping your facility running.

Your Section 179 tax deductible benefits are changing in 2013. Section 179 is the tax code that allows medical professionals to deduct the full purchase price of medical equipment from their gross income during a tax year. This deduction is applicable to DRE’s high quality new, used and refurbished medical and surgical equipment.

OR Supply is a division of DRE Inc. specializing in selling and distributing medical accessories and supplies to hospitals, surgical centers, clinics, research labs and medical facilities across the world. OR Supply has established itself as one of the largest online marketplaces on the internet for medical supplies with a catalogue of more than 30,000 options for surgical supplies.

DRE secured a spot on Inc. Magazine’s 5000 list of the nation’s fastest-growing private companies for the third straight year. The honor recognizes a year of record sales for the medical equipment distributer, which continues to expand in a challenging economic climate.

DRE wants to help you plan and organize your schedule with our comprehensive medical trade show database.

The 2012-2013 DRE Medical Equipment print catalog is now available for viewing at www.dremed.com. The catalog is a showcase for DRE's most popular lines of new and refurbished medical equipment, including anesthesia machines, monitors, lighting, tables, respiratory ventilators, electrosurgical units, microscopes, defibrillators, and much more.

Emergency responders in Minnesota trusted capnography to save the life of a man whose heart had stopped for 96 minutes, according to an NPR story. Capnography showed that despite not having a pulse, Howard Snitzer had good carbon dioxide readings, suggesting that