Collaborative Medical Solutions Inc. is built on a proven foundation with more than 15 years of helping domestic and international clients manage previously owned medical imaging equipment. Collaborative Medical Solutions is successful helping clients capture the best value for their used equipment and creating an easy path to upgrade technology as well as capture cash from their assets.
“We pride ourselves on making the process easy, providing great value and being well funded to create fast and easy transactions,” the company’s website states.
Collaborative Medical Solutions Inc. Principal Trey McIntyre recently shared more information about the company with TechNation.
Q: Can you talk about the company’s history and how it achieves success?
McIntyre: We formed Collaborative Medical after nearly 20 years in the pre-owned medical imaging equipment space. Then, five years ago, it was an international client from those early days in that business who came to us with an endoscopy opportunity. We had become friends over the years, and it was great to connect again and work together.
While endoscopy equipment was somewhat of a new category, the root of what we do remains the same. Relationships matter to us, so we take a collaborative approach with our customers, and work hard to offer flexible solutions for their biggest problems.
We’ve had a lot of success by helping providers rethink scope repair strategies, create simple paths to upgraded technology, and better manage their assets.
Q: What are your unique selling points?
McIntyre: We think of ourselves as well-rounded, meaning that we have built an in-house repair lab with expert technicians and rigorous quality measures. We’ve maintained the right inventory of patient-ready, cost-effective equipment – and it all comes together to create strong maintenance, loaner and equipment upgrade programs which have proven to be powerful and dynamic for our customers.
Q: What are some challenges that your company faced last year?
McIntyre: Last year, we focused on investing in a great new facility in the Charlotte, North Carolina area. Space had quickly become a challenge for us as we were growing the business but not our building. It was a massive project, and of course, there were delays along the way, but as of January 1, we’re operating from a purposely designed space where our team can thrive and grow into our next phase.
Q: What product or service that your company offers are you most excited about right now?
McIntyre: We’ve done away with the traditional maintenance contract style, and instead we put together a program that really aligns everything we do to solve the biggest challenges our customers face. Our Collaborative Approach is a scope maintenance program that helps plan for the future and reduce downtime while avoiding the unnecessary costs of managing endoscopy assets.
Q: Can you describe your company’s facility for TechNation readers?
McIntyre: As I mentioned, we’re headquartered just outside of Charlotte, a great location minutes from the airport and the uptown area. While we’re still enjoying the fresh new space, we moved into earlier this year, we’re already committed to our expansion: another new building which will double our current square-footage. From here, our team will grow, our repair capabilities will continue to increase and we’ll launch advanced training programs. We’ve built our current facility with an open concept, and there’s a lot of interaction between our lab and the office teams. And even though we are team-minded, we love visitors and always welcome customers to come see us! We’re proud of the team and the space we’ve put together and certainly want to share it.
Q: Please tell me about your employees and how they contribute?
McIntyre: When Alan Koreneff joined the team last year, he brought with him decades of experience and a clear vision of the endoscopy repair lab he wanted to build. From working directly with OEMs, hospital administration, doctors, and technical staff, he knows the pain points that providers face every day. He’s designed our quality and maintenance programs with this in mind.
The senior technicians he has hired are among the most talented in the repair industry, and we’re thrilled to have them on board. The techs at our benches have an average of 15 years spent with their hands on flexible scopes from all major brands.
Q: Is there anything else you want readers to know about your company?
McIntyre: If you want a new approach to scope maintenance, I’d encourage you to talk with us. Discover what our Step-Up program would mean to your facility, or how our transparent scope evaluations ultimately reduce your risk, and much more. We’ll get creative with you, and we’ll keep it simple. Our solution can be comprehensive, it can be flexible – but it will always be collaborative.
For more information, contact CMS at Support@CMSscopes.com or visit www.collaborativemedicalsolutions.com.
