Author: TechNation Magazine

The concept behind Voytek Medical has always been a simple one: to save time and money. It started with a clinical engineer’s irk at squandering hours searching for cables and transformed into a full-fledged business to fill a gap in the market. 

On April 30, 2020, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published an interim final rule (IFR) that made regulatory changes and clarified certain policies in response to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) public health emergency (PHE). The IFR’s changes include increased flexibilities for hospitals to provide and receive Medicare payment for hospital outpatient services to patients in their homes. This put a giant spotlight on topics like telehealth, telemedicine and hospital at home as health care organizations looked for alternative ways to deliver care during the pandemic. 

The dream of applying one’s creative skills and abilities to the pages of a book, along with the potential for a modicum of fame, has been a goal for many. Whether fiction or non-fiction, writing a book is often a way to increase social capital. For some, it’s a way to achieve some degree of immortality.

Following an early first success with the standardization of healthcare technology management (HTM) failure codes, a new white paper from the AAMI-sponsored CMMS Collaborative project has been published to create a standard categorization for all work activities carried out by HTM personnel.

For so long we’ve been accustomed to the IPv4 protocol. We’ve spent countless hours understanding the ins and outs of networking, subnetting and more based on IPv4 addressing. With the everchanging needs of our society, including more and more devices that require a connection to a network, the world is running out of available IPv4 addresses. Enter IPv6, the solution to IPv4 address exhaustion.

Biomedical service technicians know that expectations for expertise across multiple forms of equipment can easily become overwhelming. Hospital staff expect you to have the answers to the problems they are experiencing. Whether you service general medical equipment, or specialize in some form of imaging modality, hospital staff are calling your department for help. In the case of MRI, round the clock coverage is required. If responses to certain MRI problems are not addressed immediately, it can result in extremely costly or extensive repairs. Imagine being on call and you get an urgent service request from the MRI department. You know that certain MRI failures require immediate attention, but you don’t really know MRI systems very well. What should you do? Who should you call? The first step in managing the situation is to familiarize yourself with some basics before there is an emergency, so let’s talk about it.

The Althea Group is a privately held organization backed by Permira Funds. Its Centers of Excellence, workshops, and laboratories span the globe, leveraging the expertise of more than 3,000 engineers, technicians, administrators and customer service specialists.

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While the outdoor activities can be an enjoyable part of the state, there are times when residents need health care. McLaren Health Care, which is headquartered in Grand Blanc, Michigan, is a $6 billion health care system serving the needs of Michigan and Ohio residents.