My name is Andrew Ellis—I’m a 39-year-old cisgender gay white male and an imaging engineer in Phoenix, AZ. When I started my career in healthcare technology management (HTM) and medical imaging nearly two decades ago, […]
Happy HTM Week! I have one question for you: How are you? Wow is that a loaded question! But I mean this with all sincerity. It has been just over a year and a half […]
We’re moving to Canada this summer! My wife, Denise, is a public health nurse, and we both want to experience working in a country that regards healthcare as a right. There are a few steps […]
Last year, I celebrated my 50th birthday. This milestone had me reflecting on the paths I’ve chosen in my life my career, and the healthcare technology management (HTM) industry. One of the more notable forks […]
I want to share a personal story about an encounter I had early in my career, retold recently to the University of Connecticut’s Academy of Distinguished Engineers. I vividly remember a call I received 10 […]
Like a lot of you, I have spent quite a bit of time watching shows during the COVID-19 pandemic. I recently watched The Last Dance series on ESPN, which profiled the domination and greatness of […]
We live in a polarized world, which implies opposing viewpoints and little collaboration and compromise, often expressed by people taking sides on “teams.” Unfortunately, polarization also occurs in the medical device industry. We choose a […]
It’s no secret that the healthcare technology management industry is facing a human resources crisis. Statistics show that 60% of the current workforce is over 52 years of age. At the same time, we are […]
Recently, AAMI held a virtual graduation reception to honor all the healthcare technology management (HTM) students who had their graduation ceremony cancelled due to COVID-19. On behalf of everyone at AAMI, we want to sincerely […]
The acronym FUD (fear, uncertainty, doubt) was introduced to me by my first manager in the biomed field. As a new field service technician, I had tons of doubt about my abilities—enough uncertainty about what […]
