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		<title>Manny Roman: Remembering a Friend and Colleague</title>
		<link>http://aamiblog.org/2013/05/23/manny-roman-remembering-a-friend-and-colleague/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 20:06:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Edward Kohut,  manager of training at DITEC, Inc., died at the age of 58 last month, succumbing to injuries he sustained in a fall. His loss has been deeply felt by the team at DITEC and associates around the country. DITEC President and co-founder Manny Roman had this to say about his friend: &#8220;Ed was [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aamiblog.org&#038;blog=28889272&#038;post=537&#038;subd=aamiblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Jim Piepenbrink: Clinical Engineering Goes to the Dog</title>
		<link>http://aamiblog.org/2013/05/15/jim-piepenbrink-clinical-engineering-goes-to-the-dog/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 17:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Clinical Engineering]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aamiblog.org&#038;blog=28889272&#038;post=529&#038;subd=aamiblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Donald Tucker: How to Decide Who to Promote</title>
		<link>http://aamiblog.org/2013/05/07/donald-tucker-how-to-decide-who-to-promote/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 13:07:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AAMI</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Biomed]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aamiblog.org&#038;blog=28889272&#038;post=523&#038;subd=aamiblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>William A. Hyman: Human Factors for Manual Safety Systems</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 12:47:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AAMI</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aamiblog.org&#038;blog=28889272&#038;post=518&#038;subd=aamiblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Rick Schrenker: The ‘Dreamliner’ Lesson for All of Us</title>
		<link>http://aamiblog.org/2013/04/29/rick-schrenker-the-dreamliner-lesson-for-all-of-us/</link>
		<comments>http://aamiblog.org/2013/04/29/rick-schrenker-the-dreamliner-lesson-for-all-of-us/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 13:42:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AAMI</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Healthcare IT]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aamiblog.org&#038;blog=28889272&#038;post=515&#038;subd=aamiblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ray Laxton: The Power of Face-to-Face Interactions</title>
		<link>http://aamiblog.org/2013/04/26/ray-laxton-the-power-of-face-to-face-interactions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 12:31:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AAMI</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Annual Conference]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aamiblog.org&#038;blog=28889272&#038;post=512&#038;subd=aamiblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Arlie Hartman: Pushing the Boulder of Medical Device Security Up the Hill</title>
		<link>http://aamiblog.org/2013/04/17/arlie-hartman-pushing-the-boulder-of-medical-device-security-up-the-hill/</link>
		<comments>http://aamiblog.org/2013/04/17/arlie-hartman-pushing-the-boulder-of-medical-device-security-up-the-hill/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 17:57:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AAMI</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Security]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Greek mythology tells the tale of Sisyphus, king of Ephyra&#8211;a ruthless, cunning leader who often got the best of the Greek gods. Zeus punished Sisyphus for his hubris with the insidious task of eternally pushing a boulder up a hill, but never allowing him to get it to the top. Often, we are told that [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aamiblog.org&#038;blog=28889272&#038;post=502&#038;subd=aamiblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Christopher Colvin: Clarifying Human Factors</title>
		<link>http://aamiblog.org/2013/04/01/christopher-colvin-clarifying-human-factors/</link>
		<comments>http://aamiblog.org/2013/04/01/christopher-colvin-clarifying-human-factors/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2013 12:45:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AAMI</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are extraordinarily grateful that awareness of human factors (HF) has been growing in the healthcare community. For example, the FDA’s inclusion of HF requirements in its 510(k) licensing processing was a landmark event recognizing that attention needs to be paid to how the design of medical devices influences the likelihood of error. However, in [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aamiblog.org&#038;blog=28889272&#038;post=499&#038;subd=aamiblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Linda Harley: Balancing Abilities and Product Demands in Home Health</title>
		<link>http://aamiblog.org/2013/03/29/linda-harley-balancing-abilities-and-product-demands-in-home-health/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Mar 2013 17:39:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AAMI</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Home Healthcare]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[With increasing medical costs, an aging population, and the desire of older adults to age in place, the demand for in-home healthcare technologies is growing by gigantic leaps and bounds. This is due in part to revolutionary technologies, such as the WiiFit, Kinect, smartphones, and other mobile devices. These breakthrough technologies and many others make [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aamiblog.org&#038;blog=28889272&#038;post=493&#038;subd=aamiblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Scott F. Percy: We Need More Women in the HTM Field</title>
		<link>http://aamiblog.org/2013/03/25/scott-f-percy-we-need-more-women-in-the-htm-field/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 15:19:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AAMI</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Anyone who knows me well,  knows that I am a big advocate for women doing any job, anywhere&#8211;and I have felt this way for about 50+ years.  Yeah,  I was about 13 when the girl next door showed me how to throw a football correctly.  Talk about an eye-opener. Having  had a small number of [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aamiblog.org&#038;blog=28889272&#038;post=487&#038;subd=aamiblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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