The health care industry has an ongoing need to find intelligent, real-time methods to manage the increasing amount of information as it relates to patient care.  Health care information systems have to deal with the ever-growing amounts of data regarding the long-term health conditions of the population. That being said, the health care industry has to have the ability to monitor, diagnose and treat in ways that are efficient and cost effective.

It’s imperative for medical device original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to balance the requirements of quality and regulatory conformance with the need to get products to market quickly and efficiently. The resources and time spent on medical product evaluation and FDA approval alone stretch the lifecycle far beyond that of other electronic products. As a result, it’s important to find a partner that can meet the increasing demand for services and support that are key to this specialized market.

Arrow Electronics’ medical group focuses on manufacturers of medical devices.  These include blood pressure monitors, heart monitors, and Electroencephalogram (EEG) devices, as well as pacemakers, portable equipment used by emergency medical technicians, X-ray machines, MRI and CT scanners, and archival systems for storing and sharing diagnostic images. Arrow serves a wide variety of medical product segments including:

• Consumer/home health care
• Diagnostic, monitoring and therapy
• Portable equipment
• Implantable
• Imaging
• Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS)

Arrow has a dedicated, industry-specific team and a broad selection of components, paired with a suite of engineering, global manufacturing and supply chain management solutions to better meet the needs of medical device OEMs. 

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