EQ2 has a unique perspective on managing the maintenance of hospital assets in that its HEMS® software “was born in a hospital.” In fact the acronym HEMS itself speaks to those roots as it stands for “Hospital Equipment Management System.” It all started in 1983 when the University of Vermont, the American Society for Healthcare Engineering (ASHE), and the Kellogg Foundation worked together to create a software product to help the university and other hospitals manage biomed and facility maintenance activities. Seeing numerous benefits from using the fledgling software application, hospitals soon put HEMS to work managing the maintenance…
