Author: TechNation Magazine

I first heard of AAMI in 1965 when I was working for medical device company in the Greater Boston Area. The sales manager for our company had distributed a brochure for this new association whose goal was to develop a unified organization that would bring together physicians, manufacturers and designers of medical devices.

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Philips recently announced a half billion-dollar fifteen-year contract with a seven-hospital WMC Health system in Valhalla, New York. The agreement aims to improve healthcare delivery services in radiology, cardiology, neurology, oncology and pediatrics. Philips will achieve these improvements by providing on-site clinical and business consulting services.

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An infant’s first few days of life can be their most critical, which is why it is essential to regularly perform preventative maintenance of infant incubators and radiant warmers. This 60-minute webinar will feature Ashton Solecki, the Product Marketing Manager of the Neonatal Test product line, including incubator, radiant warmer, and phototherapy testers for Fluke Biomedical. Ashton will discuss how to ensure proper performance of modern infant incubators and radiant warmers.

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The AAMI Foundation has announced that they are “spearheading efforts to provide nurses and other healthcare staff with device training to ensure proper use of healthcare technology.”  While they also concluded that new devices should be more intuitive and easier to use, they will focus on re-designing training methods to assure that nurses are better equipped to cope with the changes in technologies.

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Digital radiography is a form of X-ray imaging, where digital X-ray sensors are used instead of traditional photographic film. TechNation reached out to the medical imaging industry to gain insights into digital radiography, including the advantages of using this format and how facilities with a limited budget can best afford this technology.

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