Certification: Eligible for 1 CE credit from the ACI
Presented by Izabella Gieras, Director, Clinical Technology, Huntington Hospital
All medical device systems will experience downtimes, whether planned or unplanned. With the proliferation of medical device integration and interconnectivity, the downtimes can have a significant impact not just on one system, one application, but on a multitude of systems, hospital-wide. Careful planning, which includes seamless communication as well as practical policies and procedures, and sound change management, supports smooth downtime planning, when scheduled and facilitates minimal impact on clinical and non-clinical operations, when unplanned. Additionally, the presenter will speak to the collaborative approach within a multidisciplinary team that needs to be involved in such planning.