The reverse expo will allow medical equipment sales and service vendors a unique opportunity to meet with 20 supply chain, procurement and healthcare technology directors from America’s most prestigious hospitals, imaging centers and health systems. They will meet with real decision makers, have one-on-one interaction and network with high-level executives.
Author: TechNation Magazine
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Most of us are thinking about our future especially this time of the year when the new year presents an opportunity for change. We consider changes to make our personal and professional lives more fulfilling and successful. Some of us are on track to accomplish our New Year’s resolutions! Then a few of us (like me) start to make the positive changes at the start of a new year, but quickly fall back to the old habits.
I heard one of my teachers in college express a theory that really didn’t make sense to me at the time. It was just a statement made in casual conversation with another teacher as they were walking through the hallway. He said, “Some students will only perform up to the level you expect of them.” The other teacher simply shook his head and responded, “That’s right” with a deep sigh. That comment stuck with me, and I have been reminded of it frequently.
In the past few months, we have had the great fortune of having several large employers visit our program and interview our students. Many of those interviews resulted in job offers. Indeed, lately the job market is looking very promising for BMETs. All of the employers have concerns about the number of students coming into the program as they see their hiring needs increasing.
The AAMI Foundation has synthesized the knowledge, experience, and advice of leading practitioners into a toolkit designed to help health care organizations meet The Joint Commission’s National Patient Safety Goal on clinical alarms. As of last month, The Joint Commission now expects hospitals to have established and implemented policies and procedures for managing clinical alarms, as surveyors will be documenting noncompliance to the second phase of the goal.
Rigel Medical has introduced a compact and versatile simulator capable of verifying the performance and accuracy of essential patient vital signs monitors. The new multifunction UNI-SiM Lite handheld and battery-powered simulator ensures that essential medical equipment continues to provide accurate data for the correct diagnosis, treatment and monitoring of patients.
On November 16, 2015, Trisonics started an exciting new chapter in the company’s history. With employees, members of the local Chamber of Commerce and elected officials in attendance, a ribbon was cut signaling the opening of the company’s new 24,000-square-foot facility.
MEDiSURG in Indianapolis, In., was established in 2002 to assist customers by providing a comprehensive approach to service in the phacoemulsification and vitrectomy niche. In 2015, MEDiSURG announced the creation of its StarPath Training division. StarPath Training is a unique provider of biomedical equipment service technician training for the Alcon Vision Systems.
Many of the questions our technical support, service and sales teams at Conquest Imaging receive revolve around various aspects of software. With today’s modern technology, software effects almost all aspects of an ultrasound system including scan conversion, networking, diagnostics and overall system operation. Software can be responsible for almost any type of malfunction.
