Category: Maintenance Strategies

Maintenance Strategies

InnoPhase Platform Improves Battery Life of Connected Devices

Integration of STM32U5 MCU and InnoPhase IoT Talaria TWO Wi-Fi enables 10-plus years of battery life for connected devices.

Maintenance Strategies

How to Manage Rental Medical Equipment

As hospitals grapple with limited budgets and fluctuating patient demand, many leaders are turning to rental options to address their medical equipment requirements. However, without careful oversight, renting can pose significant risks to clinical operations. Here’s what you need to know about managing rental equipment.

Maintenance Strategies

Bed Maintenance: Should HTM Do It?

Disagreement often ensues when the subject of bed maintenance by biomeds arises, reveals biomedical expert Patrick Lynch. In May's The LynchPin column, Lynch lays out both arguments regarding HTM professionals handling bed maintenance and shares his personal opinions about the matter. Don't miss out.

Maintenance Strategies

InnoPhase Platform Improves Battery Life of Connected Devices

Integration of STM32U5 MCU and InnoPhase IoT Talaria TWO Wi-Fi enables 10-plus years of battery life for connected devices.

Preventive Maintenance

ASDSA Calls for Enhanced Medical Device Safety for Patients of All Skin Types

The ASDSA is calling for changes to minimize risk to patients caused by inaccuracies in medical device readings due to diverse skin tones.

Alternative Equipment Maintenance

FSI CMMS Wins 2023 MedTech Breakthrough Award

The FSI eBinders solution is the winner of the “Compliance Management Innovation Award” in the 7th annual MedTech Breakthrough Awards program.

Asset Management

PaceMate, AliveCor to Offer Expansive Remote Cardiac Monitoring Platform

This collaboration will combine the strengths of PaceMate's cardiac remote monitoring platform with AliveCor's KardiaPro platform.

Power Management

Seaward Donates Tester to Improve Hospice’s Electrical Safety Testing

Seaward donated an advanced tester to a hospice in Yorkshire to improve the safe checking and testing of dozens of electrical appliances.

Maintenance Strategies

Benefits of Financing Medical Equipment

Healthcare organizations are facing challenges such as supply chain and labor shortages, rising interest rates, and rapid technological advancements, but they can address these issues by leasing and financing healthcare equipment, one expert says.

Preventive Maintenance

Patient Dies After Defibrillator Fire at Tennessee Hospital

A patient using a defibrillator died at a southern-based medical center after the device erupted in fire and burned his body.

Alternative Equipment Maintenance

The Joint Commission Appoints New Director for Department of Quality Measurement

Michelle Dardis is an informatics nurse specializing in clinical quality measurement and data analytics, and has more than 15 years of industry experience.

Asset Management

TRIMEDX Recognized as one of the Achievers 50 Most Engaged Workplaces of 2023

Independent clinical asset management company TRIMEDX was recognized as one of the 2023 Achievers 50 Most Engaged Workplaces.

Power Management

Medtronic Recalls Ventricular Assist Device Batteries

Medtronic is recalling HeartWare Ventricular Assist Device System batteries due to their ability to experience electrical faults that cause them to unexpectedly fail.

Maintenance Strategies

Medical Equipment Maintenance Market to Hit $74.2B by 2026

The medical equipment maintenance industry is set for growth due to an increasing number of aging devices that require regular upkeep, and technological advancements have made equipment maintenance more efficient and cost-effective, thereby increasing the demand for these services in the near future.