Austin-based Accruent has launched its Data Insights solution to the healthcare market—a tool that can provide objective equipment performance and reliability data for thousands of equipment models, company officials say.
A healthcare employee should never say: “It doesn’t matter how much it costs since the hospital is paying for it—not me," argues Geoffrey Smith, CBET. In this article, Smith reveals some innovative ways HTM professionals can help slash their employer's equipment costs. Don't miss out.
It’s human nature to be reactive, rather than proactive, but that tendency comes with a particularly high cost in the healthcare technology management field, says Stephen Grimes in this month's Soapbox. Without learning to adapt to change, HTM departments will find themselves, at best, increasingly irrelevant in the hospital landscape, or at worst, responsible for an unsafe environment, poor care, and costly implementations of technology.
Sonitor Technologies has debuted the SmartTag Mini RTLS tag, which provides hospitals with real-time location tracking for patients, staff, and small mobile equipment. About half the size of Sonitor’s current smart tag, the SmartTag Mini instantaneously communicates a change in its position within 1 to 3 seconds over a facility’s Wi-Fi network.
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The market research firm IBISWorld has issued a report by Lead Healthcare Analyst Anna Son, who addresses the question: How can hospitals reduce the cost of providing care?
Read MoreIBISWorld analyst Sarah Turk predicts that burgeoning digital technologies will pay substantial dividends for healthcare by 2020, both reducing healthcare costs and improving access to care.
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At the annual conference of the California Medical Instrumentation Association on January 17, Joseph Dysko said that capital equipment planning represents the biggest opportunity for HTM professionals to become more involved with the C suite.
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The best ways of meeting demands to cut HTM expenses are often not the obvious ones. With persistence, careful analysis, and a willingness to experiment, HTM departments can reduce costs while increasing their effectiveness.
Read MoreAlthough every hospital is unique and no two solutions will look exactly alike, taking a holistic approach and improving workflow efficiency and productivity across the entire equipment lifecycle can yield significant savings of up to $5,000 per bed.
Read MoreThe amount of service coverage and risk that a hospital assumes on a piece of equipment often depends on the ebb and flow of business and revenue. Flexible service contracts allow biomedical departments to respond to such fluctuations by increasing or decreasing coverage.
Read MoreRepairing ultrasound equipment and systems with re-engineered replacement parts is a cost-effective way to help maximize the life of equipment and save healthcare facilities from 40% to 50% of the replacements costs charged by OEMs.
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One out of every 4 ultrasound probes in clinical use is defective. If the defects are found early enough, 75% of the probes can be repaired. And repairing instead of replacing can result in cost savings versus replacement of as much as 60% to 70%.
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There is a huge uproar in the clinical engineering community about the latest directive issued by the CMS regarding hospital equipment maintenance requirements. This commotion comes in different shapes, sizes, and forms.
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In this installment of the “Networking” column, electronic health record (EHR) systems are considered from the perspective of general costs versus benefits.
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Mixing a business approach with a patient-centric focus, the team at Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals delivers innovative and effective solutions.
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