The April 8 webinar “Right to Repair” set new record highs for registrations and attendees for the 2020 Webinar Wednesday series. The webinar saw 455 individuals register with 284 attendees for the live presentation. The session was eligible for 1 credit from the ACI.
The webinar was presented by Bill Bassuk, CEO and president of the College of Biomedical Equipment Technology, and Larry Nguyen, CEO and CTO of Summit Imaging, and provided insights regarding a hot topic. It was sponsored by The College of Biomedical Equipment Technology.
Bassuk and Nguyen said “Right to Repair” is among the most important challenges facing the industry. Repair monopolies, created by equipment manufacturers, are driving health care costs up and patient care down. The duo shared their thoughts and insights regarding the issues and challenges health care faces.
In a post-webinar survey, attendees were asked “How much new information did you receive from today’s webinar?”
“Great perspective considering the current health care climate,” shared P. Vestal, NCOIC, medical equipment repair center.
“This is great news for us, that like to turn the screwdriver, apply logical thinking and use troubleshooting skills,” said J. Machicao, imaging service specialist.
“Nice to see we are all on the same page and moving in the same direction. If this global crisis brings the healthcare technology community closer together, all the better,” said C. Langmeyer, manager, biomedical engineering.
“I found the info on COVID-19 timely, and about the manufacturers trend to make their equipment proprietary so we have to have them come in and repair them,” said L. Barton, B.E.S.S.
“Really enjoyed the personal insights both panelists provided,” said C. Nieland, manager.
“Really informative. I was not aware of the push in our industry by the OEMs to remove third-party services. I utilize these services on a regular basis and without these services it will become harder to meet the needs of maintaining our devices within the budgets we are given,” Biomedical Engineering Manager J. Piercy said.
“Lots of useful takeaways from the webinar with respect to helping our administration understand the importance of asking the right questions of the OEMs before issuing a PO to ensure we can service the devices we buy with in-house resources after the warranty,” Director HTM/Biomed C. Hulet said.
“Hot topic. Good to see this topic’s importance to us all in HTM,” said M. Kolb, supervisor.
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