ࡱ> KMJa rjbjbdd 8eer@ d, @q >L :   , R   X   $(  @ )S < R ) Hq   @@@@FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Patrick Linnihan Badger Medical Systems Inc. 10437 Innovation Dr. Ste 315 Wauwatosa, WI 53226 414-771-9022  HYPERLINK "mailto:Patrick.linnihan@badgermed.com" Patrick.linnihan@badgermed.com Start Up Offers Gynecologist and Urologist In-Office Procedure Options MilwaukeeWauwatosa, WI April 2423, 2007 Physicians in Wisconsin now have procedure options once unavailable without costly capital investments in equipment and staff. Badger Medical Systems Inc. is a new business in Wisconsin which aims to provide Gynecologist and Urologist equipment and staff on a per case basis. By using Badger Medical Systems services doctors will now be able to offer minimally invasive procedures in-office instead of having to resort to scheduling a patient for a hospital operating room visit. Badger Medical Systems offers a variety of procedures which normally requiringe a healthy investment in technical equipment. Endometrial ablation, transurethral microwave thermotherapy, micro invasive sterilization via Essure, and hysteroscopy directed biopsy or polypectomy are just a few of the procedures that the company supports. Badger Medical Systems offers PhysicansPhysicians now can have access to Badgers state-of-the-art equipment and experienced staff for in-office procedures that they would normally have use arequiring them to navigate a challenging hospital perioperative scheduling process. hospital operating room to support. Normally an Iin-office procedures are routinely less costly for both Physicians and their patients. is less expensive than one preformed in an operating room so The lower costs for ppatients whose PhysicansPhysicians use of doctors using Badger Medical Systems services increases treatment options PhysicansPhysicians can present to their patients. have access to Now pprocedures that they normally have a higher limited or excluded by patients co-pays are within reach. for if their physician did the procedure in the operating room. Fortunately, patients and physicansphysicians feel the benefits of in-office procedures in more places than their pocket-books. However, lower costs doesnt mean lower quality. According to Dr. Richard Gimpelson, MD(insert source), the former President of the American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists and pioneer in the field, in-office procedures may enable better quality care. Patients do better, they are not as sedated, they are much happier, says Dr. Gimpelson in an interview on hysteroscopic procedures with the educational resource site OBGYN.net. . According to the companies With Badger Medical Systems focused, experienced OR Nursing staff present, the physicians office staff is able provide a nurse-patient ratio is 1:1. Patients and their physicans recieve dedicated, experienced nursing attention. With a fanatical emphasis on care standards, technology, and efficiency, President, Patrick Linnihan, Badger Medical Systems aims to bring the best equipment and procedure care to their physicians. The companys equipment list looks a lot like a state of art surgical center. We made sure that our equipment and procedures are top shelfthe best on the market. , Ffor example, all of our scopes are sterilized via our our own Sterrad NX gas plasma unit, which is the same . One only findscaliber equipment of this caliber in hospitals. Additionally, ; all our scopes are all 100% single-sourced from Wolf, which is recognized as one of the worlds top two medical optics companies,. says Linnihan. The company not only offers quality customized office procedure services. It but has already developed custom equipment for in-office procedures which they plan to market to physicians already performing in-office procedures who have been forced to navigate complicated vendor relationships to find critical supplies in low quantities. Beth Matysik, RN, MS, and the companys Nurse Manager, says Badger Medical is innovating healthcare support, and contributing to a lower-cost solution to ease the burden on payors, patients and physicians. Because all we do are these procedures, were able to develop a process which finds the best way to support the patient and physician with the most efficient, highest quality care using our services. , Iin many cases this means redesigning the support equipment to get the job done easier, says Matysik. Badger Medical Systems provides the equipment and personnel to perform in-office TUMT, endometrial ablations, Essure, urodynamic testing and hysteroscopic procedures without the need to make capital purchases or impact staffing levels. This drives greater access to medical procedures for patients and higher practice reimbursements to physicansphysicians practices. 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