AAMIBlog

Like many departments, the Clinical Engineering Department at Boston Medical Center strives to be closely integrated into the clinical arena. Normally, this is done through things such as cross-functional projects, device training, committees, and rounds. Through these activities, we feel very much a part of the clinical team. We now have a secret weapon that […]

Are you preparing your technicians for advancement? How do you manage your techs to ensure each one has a fair shot at promotion or advancement within the field? If you’ve been in the field for any substantial amount of time, and worked in management positions, you already know there are the rare few who really […]

Safety systems may be primarily automatic, semiautomatic, or fully manual. Automatic systems operate independently of the user. Semiautomatic systems are substantially facilitated by the design, but also rely on the user to ultimately activate them, with the implication that the user can choose to not do so and still operate the device. Fully manual systems […]

A few years ago, I attended a workshop that included people doing research in safety cases and professionals considering adopting them in their fields. Many of the latter worked for U.S. regulatory agencies, including the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the Food and Drug Administration, and the Federal Aviation Administration. We had been asked to make short […]

It is hard to believe that the AAMI Annual Conference is just a little over a month away; how time does march on! While making my travel plans, I sat back in my chair and contemplated why each year I schedule a week out of my work and personal schedule, which both have enough to […]