February was a big month for free education via the Technation Webinar Wednesday series. In one TechNation Webinar Wednesday session, Fluke Biomedical’s Ashton Solecki provided an in-depth look at how to ensure proper performance of modern infant incubators and radiant warmers. It was a popular topic with more than 300 people attending the webinar.
TechNation gave out prizes during the presentation. Greg Johnson of Southeastern Biomedical Inc. won a TechNation pullover given away during the live webinar. Al Hardy of Burton, Michigan, won lunch for his department via a social media post.
Solecki, product marketing manager of the neonatal test product line at Fluke Biomedical, gave an excellent presentation. The interactive webinar included poll questions for attendees to help customize the session.
She touched on the basics of incubators, including how incubators work and common terms, before diving deeper into the subject matter with a discussion outlining the importance of a uniform environment, testing standards, the reasons for standards and best practices.
Solecki continued the webinar with an informative Q&A session to provide insights for attendees. Her vast knowledge was obvious as she was able to provide thoughtful solutions. The Q&A session was limited by time constraints, but Solecki said she would answer the questions she did not get to during the webinar via email.
Her presentation was a hit with attendees. The webinar received positive reviews in a post-webinar survey.
“I really enjoyed the speaker. She did a great job presenting. I like to tune into TechNation webinars as often as I can to learn more about the industry,” Brett S. wrote.
“These webinars are an excellent way to stay connected to the current standards of testing. The webinars are always professional and relevant,” Matt H. wrote.
“I enjoy the webinars. They help keep me and my staff current and actively thinking about our field and how our testing is important/relevant,” Robert B. wrote.
Fluke Biomedical, a global provider of test and measurement equipment and services to the health care industry, sponsored the webinar. It serves biomedical engineers, quality-assurance technicians, medical physicists, oncologists, radiation safety professionals and is continually expanding its range of solutions to a broader range of health and safety professionals. Additional information is available at flukebiomedical.com.
TechNation’s Webinar Wednesday series continued in February with industry veteran Pat Lynch’s presentation “Can Contracts Help Lower Total Cost of Ownership?” The webinar was sponsored by Alpha Source.
Lynch blended new information from the Alpha Source white paper “Economic Value Analysis (EVA) on the Total Cost of Ownership of GE Healthcare Logiq 9 Ultrasound Imaging Equipment” with data he has collected over his more than 40 years of work in the health care industry to address the cost of ownership.
He covered a wide range of issues including service contracts, time and management agreements and in-house service plans. Lynch also discussed the financial risk associated with any purchase.
The webinar concluded after an informative Q&A session.
The webinar was popular with HTM professionals with 228 attendees who rated the presentation as a 4 on a 5-point scale with 5 being the best possible score.
Attendees also left positive comments in their post-webinar surveys.
“The information presented is current, relevant and provides technicians with an excellent source for meeting their continuing education requirements for a variety of training needs,” Luis M. wrote.
“TechNation’s Webinar Wednesday is a great way to have my questions answered from leading experts in the field,” Jonathan T. wrote.
“TechNation provides excellent webinars geared toward my job functions. I always get to learn new things, and discover different perspectives I had not considered before,” Chad J. wrote.
Two lucky attendees earned prizes. Barry Skelly of Greene Memorial Hospital in Ohio won a TechNation pullover for correctly identifying Chicago as the site for ICE 2016. Ruthie Matthews II of OSF St. Anthony’s Health Center in Illinois won lunch for the department by nominating an imaging service director for ICE18.
For additional information about the TechNation Webinar Wednesday series, including recordings of previous presentations and a calendar of upcoming webinars, visit 1TechNation.com/webinars.
TechNation Webinar Wednesday would like to thank our February sponsors, Fluke Biomedical and Alpha Source.