The Department of Veterans Affairs has issued a presolicitation for a contract to provide technical and professional support to biomedical engineering departments across VA medical facilities nationwide.
DuraStat has received an innovative technology contract from healthcare performance improvement company Vizient.
In this Soapbox article, biomedical engineering expert German (John) Baron, CBET, BSBME, CSP, discusses a new business model—based on the software-as-a-service (SaaS) cloud model—that is being implemented in the healthcare sector and may impact the future of HTM departments. Don't miss out.
The Department of Veterans Affairs has issued a presolicitation for a contract to provide technical and professional support to biomedical engineering departments across VA medical facilities nationwide.
In the past, the job description of a hospital-based biomed or clinical engineer was very clear, maintains biomedical expert Patrick Lynch: Any patient equipment housed outside of the wall was in HTM’s care. Today, however, the lines are much blurrier, Lynch says.
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AAMI’s Supportability Task Force has released a tool designed to help healthcare delivery organizations work more effectively with original equipment manufacturers when considering a medical device for purchase.
Read MoreAlthough Maull Biomedical Training, LLC, only came on the scene nine years ago, its founder is an industry veteran. Below, Maull Biomedical President Steve Maull discusses how the field has changed since he started his career in the early ’90s and what he wants to tell HTM newbies.
Read MoreThe HTM profession is at a sensitive place, according to biomedical expert Patrick Lynch: “Its future existence is being threatened,” he says. Below, Lynch shares his call to action for the HTM community and explains why the time to act is now.
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In many cases, the relationship between a healthcare facility and equipment vendor has been mutually beneficial; in other cases, however, the relationship has led to prolonged difficulties for facilities since extraction is no longer a matter of simply switching to another product. Learn how to navigate this tricky relationship here.
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Aurora, Ohio-based PartsSource announces that it has been awarded a group purchasing agreement for clinical equipment repair and maintenance services with Premier Inc. Under the new deal, Premier members can take advantage of special pricing and terms pre-negotiated by Premier for clinical equipment repair and maintenance services.
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In recent PrepTalk columns, John Noblitt discussed the process of purchasing new equipment and the need for these purchases to fit into an organization’s strategic plan. In January’s installment of PrepTalk, Noblitt shares information about equipment replacement purchases—and how such information could show up on the Certified Healthcare Technology Management exam.
