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Mike Busdicker: Building an In-House Program Doesn’t Mean Cutting Ties with Service Providers

  • by AAMI
  • Posted on June 1, 2017November 2, 2018
  • Healthcare Technology Management

About six years ago, our organization started down the path to develop and implement an in-house imaging equipment service program. Early on, we decided that some of our key areas of focus included the need […]

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Salim Kai: Be a Partner in Patient Safety

  • by AAMI
  • Posted on May 31, 2017
  • Healthcare Technology Management

The evolving science of patient safety in today’s hospitals and other healthcare facilities is about protecting patients from injury and death while they are being treated for illnesses or other conditions. Over the past two […]

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William Hyman: Today’s Challenge? Keeping Track of Bills about Medical Device Regulation

  • by AAMI
  • Posted on May 9, 2017November 2, 2018
  • Medical Device Industry

The regulation of medical devices by the FDA remains a hot topic for makers of medical devices and HTM professionals, whether they are employed by hospitals, manufacturers, or third-party entities. There are at least seven […]

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Donald Armstrong: Help Your Hospital in the Fight Against HAIs

  • by AAMI
  • Posted on April 25, 2017November 2, 2018
  • Healthcare Technology Management

It is a regulatory requirement to clean and disinfect medical equipment before being used on a patient. Such a practice is also simply the right thing to do. We need to keep our patients and […]

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Jennifer DeFrancesco: Are We Missing the Big Picture with Big Data?

  • by AAMI
  • Posted on April 13, 2017
  • Healthcare IT

Healthcare technology management (HTM) prides itself on being driven by “big data.” We have more metrics and ways at making evidence-based decisions than most within the healthcare industry.  Now that we are well into the […]

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Barbara Christe: Educators, Is this ‘Survivor’? HELP Us!

  • by AAMI
  • Posted on April 11, 2017November 2, 2018
  • Healthcare Technology Management

A recent article suggested that HTM-related education may be a “dying breed,” and I couldn’t agree more. That scares me! With programs closing around me and educators retiring, I know that our profession is in […]

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William Hyman: Precision Matters in Medical Device Terminology

  • by AAMI
  • Posted on December 20, 2016December 20, 2016
  • Medical Device Industry

I have long been concerned (some might say obsessed) with the distinction between a medical device being “approved” and one being “cleared.” In simple terms, only a Class III device that has successfully traversed the […]

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William Hyman: What Do FDA Inspections of Hospitals for MDR Compliance Tell Us?

  • by AAMI
  • Posted on November 16, 2016
  • Healthcare Technology Management

Medical device reporting (MDR) is mandatory for hospitals and others captured under the definition of “device use facilities,” which does not include physician offices. Also subject to mandatory reporting are manufacturers for which this is […]

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Donald Armstrong: What Makes a Great Biomed?

  • by AAMI
  • Posted on November 10, 2016
  • Healthcare Technology Management

During a recent discussion with several respected biomed colleagues, the topic of certification came up. There was mix of certified and noncertified biomedical equipment technicians at the table, some with bachelor’s degrees and others with […]

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Nancy Chobin: Understand the Difference between Certification and Competency

  • by AAMI
  • Posted on November 7, 2016
  • Patient Safety

As the former executive director of the Certification Board for Sterile Processing and Distribution, Inc. (1988-2014), I had the opportunity to learn a great deal about certification and its impact on the safety of patients. […]

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