The recent Webinar Wednesday presentation “Maximize Your CMMS To Meet Regulatory Requirements” sponsored by Nuvolo was eligible for 1 credit from the ACI. The presenters were Dustin Smith, senior advisory solution consultant at Nuvolo, and Arleen Thukral, VISN 2 healthcare technology manager at VA.
High-reliability 0rganizations “learn, inquire and improve” while supporting a culture of safety. This session discussed Nuvolo CMMS in VISN 2 VA New York/New Jersey Healthcare Network’s automated workflows to support a culture of safety. Use cases were shared of preventative maintenance workflows that allow constant communication between technician and stakeholders when medical devices are in use or closed as Deferred Could not locate. Another workflow includes a new incoming inspection process that includes a verification step to ensure proper naming and attributes of inventory and a request portal that includes incoming equipment support for non-hospital owned equipment. Quality assurance and checklist workflows were also discussed. A question-and-answer session provided additional insights.
More than 100 HTM professionals logged in for the live presentation with a recording of the webinar, including the entire Q&A session, is available for on-demand viewing at WebinarWednesday.live.
Attendees provided feedback via a survey that included the question, “What was your single biggest takeaway from today’s webinar?”
“Understanding your HTM workflows and strategic thinking about what your health system needs is critical to successful CMMS implementation,” said Carol Davis-Smith, president, Carol Davis-Smith & Associates LLC.
“I really liked how the VA leveraged the system in regards to the coding structure of work orders. It was simple yet effective,” shared John Kocurek, director of medical equipment maintenance, Northern Light Health.
“How to use the platform that effectively helps us to have a good management of the medical equipment we use on a daily basis,” said UPP student Nadia Yuridia.
“I enjoyed hearing about their journey and challenges,” said Chris Hawkins, director of biomedical engineering at the University of Kansas Health System.
For more information, visit WebinarWednesday.live.
