Every year, hospitals add more and more medical technology. Unfortunately, the number of individuals with the specialized skills to maintain and repair those devices is going in the opposite... Read more

When they said college was “the first step into the great unknown,” even my most outlandish thoughts didn’t consist of graduating amid a global pandemic. Read more

By Todd Brown Health systems have long wrestled with Herculean financial and staff shortage pressures, but COVID-19 has exacerbated those headaches atop other concerns, like dwindling patien... Read more

Everyone loves a bargain, but the old saying, “you get what you pay for,” rings true in medical imaging just as it does for anyone making important purchases. Read more

As this year draws to a close, I think back to what a challenging year it has been for the biomed field. When COVID-19 entered the picture in the U.S., our normal biomed routine changed to a... Read more

By Joseph Sam According to the United States Census Bureau, by 2030, seniors are projected to outnumber children for the first time in U.S. history. As people live longer, more of them will... Read more

By Nikhil Kanamala The area of clinical engineering in hospitals is dynamic and must always be changing to meet technological advances. Clinical engineering departments in hospitals must str... Read more

By Ted Lucidi It’s been 34 years since I graduated from Penn State’s Biomedical Engineering Technology program. I’ve been fortunate enough to be an instructor within that same program for th... Read more

By Anthony J. Coronado For the past 20 years, the HTM community has been dedicated in supporting the conversion of patient health information into electronic health information. The intercon... Read more

By Travis Horstman Like everyone else working tirelessly in health care settings these days, biomedical equipment technicians (BMETs) are on the front lines of COVID-19 patient care. They’re... Read more