By Chuck Overeem Equipment disposition is the process by which equipment is removed from use and physically removed from a hospital or clinic. There are several reasons to remove equipment.... Read more
By Gus Guevara, CHTM Over my career spanning more than three decades in healthcare technology management, I’ve learned a thing or two. One thing I’ve learned is that proper management of you... Read more
By Kathleen Licht and Chelsea Schoen For the past decade, the looming retirement crisis for BMETs has been at the forefront of the industry’s mind. It is apparent that there are multiple way... Read more
By Kevin J. Hutcherson, CHTM, CBET A nurse from the intensive care unit calls frantically because they have a critical patient on life support and their central station is not receiving pati... Read more
By Joie N. Marhefka, Ph.d Biomedical engineering technology students at Penn State New Kensington are required to complete a 400-hour internship before graduating. As an educator, I work wit... Read more
There is no shortage of professional conferences for HTM professionals. Whether you consider yourself to be a clinical engineer, a biomed or an HTM professional conferences have a lot to off... Read more
By Inhel Rekik Cloud computing is currently very on trend and represents an important shift in the way businesses think about IT resources. It’s not uncommon today for HTM departments to pur... Read more
In general when a person talks about biomeds they will say that they are a great team that are technically savvy and always happy to “tinker” away on any medical device of concern. In the pa... Read more
By Dallas Sutton As a rule, at that certain time of the year (depending on your organization’s evaluation cycle), we all get the opportunity to reflect on goals. Whether it be the previous y... Read more
By Dan McMartin According to the FDA, up to 50 percent of service calls in hospitals surveyed are battery-related issues. Your hospital or clinic relies heavily on battery-powered medical de... Read more
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