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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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Donald Armstrong: In 2017, Let’s Blow Our Horns All Year Long

  • by AAMI
  • Posted on January 10, 2017
  • Healthcare Technology Management

I am not one for New Year’s resolutions, but I have had something on my mind for 2017. As biomeds or healthcare technology management (HTM) professionals, we do not get the credit we deserve. I […]

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Wong and Razzano: Financial Objections Don’t Add Up in Monitoring Debate

  • by AAMI
  • Posted on June 10, 2016November 2, 2018
  • Patient Safety

ECRI Institute, in its report Top Ten Safety Concerns for 2016, again identified a lack of appropriate monitoring of patients receiving opioids as a major issue. A lack of resources, especially money, is often cited […]

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Patrick Lynch: HTM Week Is an Opportunity to Promote What We Do

  • by jpassut
  • Posted on May 20, 2015May 20, 2015
  • Healthcare Technology Management

This week is HTM Week. HTM, for those of you who don’t know, is healthcare technology management, the new name for the biomed profession. Part of the reason for the new name is that we […]

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Larry Fennigkoh: Getting Real with Unmanageable Inventory Requirements

  • by jpassut
  • Posted on January 22, 2015
  • Healthcare Technology Management

Steve Grimes’ recent paper “Two Steps Forward, One Step Back—How the Industry Must Take in Stride New CMS and TJC Requirements” (BI&T, November/December 2014), provides an excellent but still disturbing summary of the July 2014 […]

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Mary Logan: ‘Tis the Season for Dreams Coming True

  • by AAMI
  • Posted on December 24, 2014November 2, 2018
  • Healthcare Technology Management

Celebrating Christmas as a child was magical because in my imaginary world it was about making dreams come true. My mom would say, “Don’t let your imagination run away with you,” which made me more […]

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Eamonn Hoxey: How Can We Prepare Standards More Effectively?

  • by AAMI
  • Posted on December 19, 2014December 19, 2014
  • Medical Device Industry

This year, I have been participating in the revision of three standards of differing size, scope, and extent of use: ISO 9001, the generic standard for quality management systems to which over one million companies […]

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Michele DeMeo: Why Professional Conferences Matter

  • by AAMI
  • Posted on May 8, 2014November 2, 2018
  • Sterilization

As a former manager for a sterile processing unit and a private consultant, I have had the unique privilege of having both presented and attended sessions at various conferences over the years. Professional conferences have […]

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Jennifer Moyer: Five Tricks to Help You ‘Set Standards’

  • by AAMI
  • Posted on April 8, 2014
  • Standards

As a healthcare technology professional, you can play a major role in creating the AAMI standards that pertain to a growing list of medical devices and equipment. Here’s how: 1. Select your area of expertise. […]

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Shane Osborne: Do Your Friends Know What You Do?

  • by AAMI
  • Posted on March 13, 2014March 13, 2014
  • Patient Safety

They know what a cop does. They know what a nurse does. They know what a clinical engi … wait … they probably don’t. I’m new to the world of biomedical equipment technicians and clinical […]

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