Nope. No way. Have we learned nothing from "fulfilled by Amazon" counterfeits?
The supply chain has to be verifiable as genuine goods from the factory to the hospital floor. Trying to verify the authenticity of patient-supplied replacements would be a nightmare.
Then force hospitals to price match or force them to show YOU, the customer, how much the item actually cost when it was delivered to them for storage.
I wasn't actually seriously suggesting that patients be required to source the item physically, then physically deliver it to the hospital in person.
The supply chain has to be verifiable as genuine goods from the factory to the hospital floor. Trying to verify the authenticity of patient-supplied replacements would be a nightmare.