Sources & references
The data behind the problem.
Figures cited across this site, with links to the original sources.
- U.S. health-care waste (~25%; $760–935B/yr). Shrank WH, Rogstad TL, Parekh N. “Waste in the US Health Care System: Estimated Costs and Potential for Savings.” JAMA. 2019;322(15):1501–1509. View source →
- Discarded cancer medication (~$1.8B/yr from oversized single-dose vials). Bach PB, Conti RM, Muller RJ, Schnorr GC, Saltz LB. “Overspending driven by oversized single dose vials of cancer drugs.” BMJ. 2016;352:i788. View source →
- Nurse time spent on medication-related travel and tasks. National Institutes of Health / PubMed Central, article PMC6371290. View source → (Confirm the exact figure cited before launch.)
- “Pays for itself in under two shifts.” MedBed internal estimate, combining reclaimed nurse time (ref. 3) with a registered-nurse wage of ~$35/hr. Presented as an internal estimate.
- Medication as a health-system waste priority. Hematology/Oncology Pharmacy Association (HOPA). hoparx.org → (Link the specific HOPA figure your team is using.)
Statements 1 and 2 are drawn from peer-reviewed sources and are safe as written. Statements 3–5 rely on the team’s own figures or a general source — keep them labeled as estimates and confirm exact numbers before launch. No figure on this site is a proven claim about MedBed’s own performance.