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Mary Logan: Civility Matters

  • by AAMI
  • Posted on March 29, 2016November 2, 2018
  • Healthcare Technology Management

Civility has been a recurring topic of conversation in our household recently. The discussions are sparked primarily by harsh political rhetoric among grown men who evidently didn’t learn much in kindergarten. It is deeply troubling […]

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Ed Burnard: Why Medical Device Standards Matter

  • by AAMI
  • Posted on October 13, 2015
  • Regulations

Sometimes the dividing line between regulation and flexibility can be unclear. Somewhere in the middle of the life cycle for new innovations, there exists a period of time when innovation slows and a crystallization of […]

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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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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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Jeanine Beisel: Going Behind the Scenes in a Modern Hospital

  • by AAMI
  • Posted on November 25, 2013November 25, 2013
  • Healthcare IT

I recently had the opportunity to participate in a tour of the University of Maryland Medical Center. The tour was organized by AAMI member Inhel Rekik, senior clinical engineer at that facility, and Cliff Bernier, […]

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Dave Osborn: Standards Live Forever

  • by AAMI
  • Posted on October 8, 2013October 8, 2013
  • Standards

The distance between the rails of U.S. standard gauge railroads is 4 feet 8 ½ inches. This distance is a rather strange number. For you metric fans, the equivalent 1.4351 meters is an even stranger number. […]

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John G. Abbott: Standards Travel—Junket or Jetlag?

  • by AAMI
  • Posted on September 11, 2013September 18, 2013
  • Regulations

As those who have worked in standards development know, one of the most difficult facets of participation in standards meetings has nothing to do with the actual process of negotiating consensus and writing text.  Rather, […]

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Carol Herman: Update From Standards Week

  • by AAMI
  • Posted on December 6, 2012
  • Standards

AAMI kicked off Standards Week with new training programs for committee members and staff.  How it works, who can participate, the publications processes , etc. were all big discussions at the training. Everyone walked away […]

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Mary Logan: There Is No Such Thing as Free

  • by AAMI
  • Posted on May 16, 2012November 2, 2018
  • Standards

A group of law professors have petitioned the federal government, saying standards should be free if they are cited in a regulation. After all, free access to all kinds of information on the Internet is […]

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James Rudolph: Understanding the Infusion Pump Crisis

  • by AAMI
  • Posted on April 10, 2012November 2, 2018
  • Healthcare IT

The use of smart infusion pumps has become ubiquitous in many U.S. and international clinical settings due to the tremendous patient benefits these devices offer. However, these benefits do not eliminate use-related risks. Improper use […]

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