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Healthcare Technology Management

Start here: a reading path for HTM practitioners

Five steps, in the order a practitioner needs them, with the post that covers each.

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Healthcare Technology Management

How to Choose a CMMS for Medical Equipment Maintenance

A CMMS is chosen once and lived with for years. This guide covers the data worth keeping, the functions that matter and the questions to ask before signing.

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Healthcare Technology Management

Lifecycle Budgeting for Medical Equipment Replacement

Medical equipment budgets fail when they count only the purchase price. A lifecycle view covers capital planning, repair reserves and the evidence behind it.

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Healthcare Technology Management

HTM Metrics: Uptime, Response Time and Planned Work

HTM metrics only mean something when the definitions are fixed. A look at uptime, response time, planned work and the conditions for fair benchmarking.

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Patient Safety

Designing Clinical Alarm Escalation Policies That Work

An escalation policy is only as good as its defaults. How to define alarm tiers, delay windows and named owners so that an unanswered alarm has a next step.

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Patient Safety

How to Handle Device Recalls and Field Safety Actions

Recalls and field safety corrective actions only work if they reach the right device. A practical process for receiving, matching, acting and closing them.

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