Mark Miller’s webinar “Principles of Medical Equipment Maintenance Automation” attracted more than 200 attendees from around the world.
Miller is a registered engineer and Vice President of Engineering at Datrend Systems Inc. He has more than 20 years of experience designing and developing specialized instrumentation and software for medical equipment testing and maintenance.
Miller’s webinar, sponsored by Datrend Systems Inc., illustrates the continued growth of TechNation’s Webinar Wednesday series. The series continues to attract more and more international participants, including 25 attendees huddled around one computer in Turkey to view Miller’s presentation.
Miller discussed regulation requirements including inventory creation, test performance, safety, compliance with manufacturer maintenance procedures and frequency. He also addressed alternative equipment maintenance schedules and procedures. The Joint Commission’s regulations governing maintenance was another topic examined in the webinar.
Miller gave an in-depth overview and drilled down on important topics including preventative maintenance (PM), corrective maintenance (CM) and incoming inspection (IIN). He also touched on biomed workload and compensation, CMMS, computerized automation of preventative maintenance, mobile computing technologies and security issues.
Attendees paid close attention throughout the webinar and provided outstanding questions for Miller during a Q&A session. Miller took time to answer questions providing additional insights on medical equipment maintenance automation. He also answered questions about Datrend’s leading-edge biomedical testing equipment for hospitals, clinics and medical equipment manufacturers. Miller said Datrend will unveil a new product at the MD Expo in Las Vegas, October 21-23.
The webinar received great reviews via a post-webinar survey emailed to attendees earning a 4.3 rating on a 5-point scale with 5 being the best possible score. Attendees also included positive comments in their surveys.
“This is the first TechNation Webinar I have participated in and I found the logistics (i.e. computer visuals, audio clarity, and moving from presenter to moderator) to be very clear and issue free. I found Mark to be knowledgeable in his subject and answered the questions well,” Tom N. added.
“TechNation’s webinar series (sessions) are timely and informative for the biomedical engineering community,” Rich S. wrote.
A recording of the webinar is available on the TechNation website at https://1technation.com/principles-of-medical-equipment-maintenance-automation/.
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