What to Know About Alternative Equipment Maintenance in 2025
A new AAMI standard and hard‑won lessons from the field are bringing clarity—and confidence—to AEM programs.
Category: Alternative Equipment Maintenance
Alternative Equipment Maintenance
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Alternative Equipment Maintenance
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Study: Some Joint Commission Safety Rules Aren’t Evidence-Backed
A new study found of new rules issued during a one-year period by TJC, many did not appear to be supported by published evidence.
Alternative Equipment Maintenance
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How to Build an Effective AEM Program
Healthcare facilities must consider a number of factors when creating a solid alternative equipment maintenance (AEM) plan, including balancing patient safety with optimizing HTM talent. Here, three experts reveal how to build an effective AEM program.
Prevailing Attitudes Maintenance
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This Is My Confession
Massachusetts General Hospital Systems Engineering Manager Rick Schrenker has a confession to make: He had a hidden agenda in an article he wrote for 24x7 Magazine over 10 years ago. And he hasn’t written about it until now.
Joint Commission Compliance
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The Joint Commission Seeks Submissions of eCQM Best Practices
The Joint Commission is now accepting submissions for the 2020 Pioneers in Quality: Proven Practices program, which recognizes hospitals and health systems that have successfully leveraged electronic clinical quality measures (eCQMs) and health information technology to advance quality improvement.
Maintenance Costs
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Accruent Introduces Data Insights to Healthcare Sector
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.