Empowering the Biomedical/CE Professional
TechNation was honored as the winner of the 2012 Gold Best Single Issue (November 2011) in its category at the GAMMA Awards in Atlanta last week. The magazine also took home the Silver awards for General Excellence and Best Essay. A distinguished group of magazine editors, writers, designers and journalism professors served as judges for this year’s awards. The Magazine Association of the Southeast (MAGS) sponsors the GAMMA Awards. MAGS is an association of publishing companies, individuals and associates affiliated with the publishing industry in the Southeast. Headquartered in Atlanta, the association “promotes and fosters knowledge, networking and excellence in...
Soma Technology, Inc. has created a shopping app featuring capital medical equipment for hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers. The SOMA APP provides mobile access to the company’s inventory of new and refurbished medical equipment from companies such as GE, Dräger, Zoll, Physio Control, Phillips, Mac Medical, Siemens, and more. Now medical equipment planners, dealers, and end-users will have instant access to Soma’s catalog of medical equipment, spec sheets, price quotes, and more. The app is free on the iOS and Android platforms on iTunes and the Android Market. The app includes an inventory list and specifications for each product. For more information,...
Fluke Biomedical’s newest addition to their ProSim family of patient monitor quality-assurance testing and troubleshooting tools is the SPOT Light SpO2 Functional Tester. Fluke cited a record 15-second preventive maintenance (PM) test for SpO2 patient monitor functionality, making the new ProSim SPOT Light is the fastest SpO2 functional tester the company has created. “An increasing number of medical devices now have pulse oximetry built in,” explains Jamey Smart, Product Manager for Fluke Biomedical. “SPOT Light can be paired with other Fluke Biomedical test tools to make modern device testing fast and easy. Need to check a defibrillator with pulse oximetry?...
Welch Allyn received the “Best of Trade Award” in the Product and Device Manufacturing category from the United Way of the Columbia-Willamette as part of its 2011 Campaign Award program. This was the first year the Welch Allyn campaign was chaired by an employee, Ann Harris, a technician in manufacturing engineering. The Beaverton, Ore.-based company saw an increase in contributions of nine percent in just one year. “Harris boldly stepped into the role of chairing the United Way committee at Welch Allyn,” said David Allyn, director of corporate social responsibility at Welch Allyn. “Through her leadership, creativity and passion for...
Fluke Biomedical’s Advantage training center has expanded to a global audience with the addition of multi-language support. Since its launch in 2011, the Fluke Biomedical Advantage training center, which features free educational materials and self-paced, step-by-step instruction, has experienced continuous growth in both content and scale, the company says. The addition of Spanish educational materials further expands this growing online training center. “We’ve devoted unprecedented resources to providing meaningful customer training and assistance on the web. This allows us to help the community quickly, and also facilitates meaningful interaction with health care professionals around the globe. We gave them a...
Conquest Imaging implemented ServiceMax, a cloud-based service software, May 1. ServiceMax is a suite of collaborative and mobile applications that deliver real-time information and communications to Conquest’s customers and support staff. “It’s been a long time in the making but we are pleased we finally implemented ServiceMax, which further enhances our ability to deliver exceptional customer service,” said Beth Morrison, director of service for Conquest Imaging. “We traded in the old world spreadsheets and heavy-duty software and replaced them with one solution. “ServiceMax has streamlined operations allowing us to solve customer issues better and faster,” said Morrison. For more information,...
A clinical study published in Intensive Care Medicine indicates that in-line filters from Pall Corporation can reduce severe complications and the length of a patient’s stay in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU). Intensive Care Medicine is the official journal of The European Society of Intensive Care Medicine and The European Society of Paediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care. Results from the prospective, randomized clinical trial showed that patients who received infusion solutions through in-line filters had a 25-percent lower overall complication rate than patients without the filter. The length of hospital stay of patients treated with filters also was reduced...
Radcal Corporation‘s new website contains new and updated product information and industry news. Visitors can now navigate through the product pages to view specifications, software examples and product demonstration videos. Customers requiring service have a direct link to the service department to expedite their calibration or service. The interactive world map helps locate a Radcal distributor in more than 45 countries. Soon customers and distributors will be able to login to Radcal and receive special offers and updates, the company says....
Officials with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services met with representatives of The Joint Commission earlier this month to discuss the federal agency’s directive on maintenance schedules for medical equipment. Few details have been publicly released about the April 9 meeting, held in Baltimore, MD, but George Mills, head of the commission’s Engineering Department, said that it went well and that further discussions were likely. The meeting was requested by the commission and members of the healthcare technology management (HTM) community, following a December memo from CMS that instructed hospitals to follow manufacturer’s preventive maintenance (PM) recommendations for critical...