Skilled biomedical equipment technicians (BMETs) are crucial to advancing healthcare in low-resource countries, according to a new report, which calls on a wide variety of stakeholders to come together to support the development of “scalable, replicable, and sustainable” training models for such professionals.
Author: TechNation Staff
Digital technology has had a huge impact on modern life, revolutionizing how we perform simple tasks like taking a photo or watching TV, but perhaps the most significant impact has been its transformation of medical care. Like the transition from film-based to digital cameras, X-rays have advanced from a film imaging process to one based on digital technologies. Digital radiography greatly benefits the health care industry, but it also places high demands on medical equipment manufacturers. Here we will explore how smart batteries are designed to meet these challenges.
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Join us Friday, October 23, starting at 6 p.m., for this final event to wrap up MD Expo.
The Oct. 5 seminar will build on the lessons learned during the AAMI Foundation’s earlier series.
As the first hospital to purchase a QuantumCam in the U.S., Eastern Oklahoma Medical Center can now boast access to a SPECT nuclear imaging camera with the most advanced capabilities and unparalleled ease of operation.
AAMI’s Benchmarking Solutions-HTM is a popular web-based tool.
I believe it is beneficial to pause and reflect periodically, so that we can appreciate and celebrate our accomplishments and perhaps set some new goals. The topic of this column is to examine the remarkable technological changes we have all witnessed. It’s typical to discuss things that have occurred in one’s lifetime but, times have changed, and we now see remarkable advances in just a portion of a lifetime.
Do you consider yourself a history buff? Are you widely regarded among coworkers as an equipment aficionado? Here is your chance to prove it! Check out “The Vault” photo. Tell us what this medical device is and earn bragging rights. Each person who submits a correct answer will be entered to win a $25 Amazon gift card.
Three-dimensional (3-D) printers are all the rage in health care these days. So much so that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) held a major town hall meeting in October 2014 to explore potential regulatory issues. With some analysts predicting that U.S. hospitals will buy an average of two 3-D printers each in 2015, how should health facilities respond?
