Angela Ferguson-Bennett: Lighting My HTM Fire
“If you find a job you love, you will never work a day in your life.” This is a quote that I have thought about since I heard it for the first time from a […]
Healthcare Technology Management
Mike Powers: Move Beyond ‘It’s Just Political’
Recently, I was talking with a colleague and mentioned that a new role he was considering with another organization was indeed a great opportunity, but that it may be wise to temper his expectations. Since […]
Barbara Christe: Understanding College Accreditation
When I left the clinical engineering field to become an educator, I didn’t foresee my career path as a “connector” of healthcare technology management (HTM) and higher education. But the change has allowed me to […]
Danielle McGeary: Clearing Up Confusion and Embracing the Term ‘HTM’
Note: This post appeared in abbreviated form as the Final Word article in the January/February 2019 issue of BI&T. During my time at AAMI, I have noticed a lot of confusion surrounding the term “healthcare […]
Ted Cohen: The Importance of a Daily Huddle
A few years ago, I semi-retired as the manager of a clinical engineering department in a large teaching hospital in California. When the subsequent manager retired this past summer, I became the interim manager during […]
David Dickey: Look Beyond the ‘Sacred Cow’
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 […]
Jovito Gonzales: I Am HTM
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 […]
