As the number of people hospitalized with Coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to rise, healthcare technology management (HTM) departments will play an increasingly critical role in addressing this crisis and its strain on the healthcare system. Here […]
For those of you who have Bluetooth devices in your hospitals and in your daily life (probably all of you), you probably were quite interested by a recent FDA communication regarding the “Sweyntooth” vulnerability. Now […]
We are on the cusp of major change in the health technology field, and those who do not innovate are on a path of becoming irrelevant. Our members understand the need to demonstrate resiliency in […]
User Experience (UX) and design thinking can be applied in every stage of the product design, development, marketing, and postmarket surveillance. UX is critical to make sure the product is designed to meet the end-user’s […]
I remember a time when a service manual contained the value for a variable resistor that was needed to derive the expected operation of a piece of equipment. I also remember learning how to tweak […]
When I work on medical equipment planning, I often come across the issue of how best to differentiate between the medical lights for exam, procedure, and surgical rooms. We know that the lighting needs of […]
Note: A version of this post appeared as the Final Word article in the January/February 2020 issue of BI&T. Assessing a security vulnerability’s risk to a healthcare delivery organization’s (HDO’s) systems could be a lot […]
