With tens of thousands of robot-focused engineers entering and graduating from colleges and universities, the prevalence of robots in all settings is likely to increase.
Author: K. Richard Douglas
The Martin Army Community Hospital Clinical Engineering Section does its part to ensure quality health care for those stationed at Fort Benning, near Columbus, Georgia.
Logistics can be a challenge for biomeds in other countries and service members stationed in foreign duty stations are not exempt.
When not making the rounds in the OR maintaining equipment, this biomed makes the rounds battling it out with other roller derby pros, earning her bruises and representing biomed proudly.
As with all technologies, the potential of CMMS is ever-evolving, taking full advantage of other technologies and greater capabilities.
It’s clear that this rural hospital in northern California has the right person holding down the fort in biomed.
In northern Texas, the HTM functions get done right because of a small, dedicated team of professionals who work in the same place where a great general and president emerged. Both dedicated to getting it right.
Skills teaching the biomed profession also pay off when teaching people to transition to a motorcycle. Roger Bowles is proof of that as he turns novice riders into safe motocyclists.
With an understanding of the total construction or renovation process and the experience of those HTM professionals who have gone through the rigors of gaining this knowledge before, the HTM department can remain an important resource from the beginning.
Through resourceful thinking and teamwork, the clinical engineering team at TMC keeps clinicians and patients confident that the medical equipment will be working perfectly.