In my previous blog post, I wrote about how the continual focus on measuring and reporting on the number of scheduled inspections (preventive maintenance, or PMs) is a “sacred cow” that needs to be put […]
My story in healthcare started more than 30 years ago in the Navy, where I was a hospital corpsman. Although I found providing direct patient care satisfying, I was also fascinated by the role of […]
I am writing this blog post while flying back from Indianapolis, where Frank Painter and I recently finished a day-long, AAMI-sponsored alternative equipment maintenance (AEM) workshop at the Indiana Biomedical Society conference. There were 30 enthusiastic […]
I recently left my position as director of the healthcare engineering technology management program at IUIPUI. The move was both dramatic (accepting the position, moving, and selling my home in six weeks) and traumatic, as […]
A few years ago, my medical center decided to replace our bedside vital signs monitor (VSM) fleet to new technology that would integrate into the electronic health record (EHR). Because of our focus on an […]
“If you see it—buy it!” Have you heard this phrase before? In my mind, it has nothing to do with Amazon or eBay. I worked with a peer who used this phrase a lot. After […]
Instructions that come with a medical device are intended to provide “adequate directions for use” such that the device can be used safely and effectively. To meet that goal, instruction documents must have two key […]
