MediMizer & PartsSource Lite Integration
Clinical Engineers and Technicians can spend significant amount of time during their day shopping for parts. To streamline the part sourcing and purchasing, MediMizer and PartsSource have created a Lite integration between the MediMizer CMMS and PartsSource.com.
COVID 19, SARS-CoV-2 (Coronavirus)
TJC The Joint Commission Covid Masks Ventilators regulations TJC Joint Commission, minimize spread of Covid-19 into healthcare facilities ECRI Free resources to Medical Facilities for […]
FDA announces new guidelines for Cybersecurity
The FDA has not seen any evidence of any cyberattack on an in-use medical device but knows they might be "impacted". Laboratory testing has shown […]
Can device manufacturers withhold documentation?
"The hospital has a library of information regarding inspection, testing, andmaintenance of its equipment and systems.Note: This library includes manuals, procedures provided by manufacturers,technical bulletins, […]
Reprocessed Medical Devices
The FDA is charged with improving the safety of reused devices.According to the FDA, "Reusable medical devices are devices that health care providers can reuse […]
Healthcare Technology Management
What does the department do? Maintain Equipment Data Work Orders, Unscheduled, Service Work Orders, Scheduled Parts and Materials Contract Management and Negotiation Purchase equipment, materials […]
Joint Commission Environment of Care
2014/2015 changes to Environment of Care Standards related to Healthcare Technology Management/Biomedical Engineering for deemed sites. EC.02.04.01, EP 2 - Inventory must now include all […]
Life Support and High Risk medical equipment
All Life Support Equipment is also high-risk equipment. EC.02.04.01 and EC.02.04.03 now require our customers to determine what is high risk equipment.We would like your […]
UDI Unique Device Identification
The new math is UDI = DI + PI.Class II and Class III devices will require both a device identifier (unique to the specific item) […]
24x7 Soapbox: CMS, Santa Claus, and the Preventive Maintenance Reality
Binseng Wang weights in on the CMS vs reality debate. Easy to read and well stated. Soapbox: CMS, Santa Claus, and the Preventive Maintenance Reality […]
We need to fail for the sake of safety
As I travel the country I find that most technicians and most departments do not regularly fail inspections. A technician will often say, "I fixed […]
New Techology
Nowadays, taking care of one’s health has never been the same. In fact, more technologies are introduced now and then to empower everybody to look […]
Hospital-acquired infections
In the United States alone, hospital borne illnesses reach to more than 1.7 million and 99,000 of them die every year. In Europe, nosocomial infections […]
Advantages of a biomedical career
When applying for college in pursuit of an electrical engineering major, the risk of being rejected is also higher, especially since biomedical engineering is still […]
