Healthcare Technology Group to Provide Equipment Management Services to Intalere
Through this agreement, Intalere members will receive negotiated pricing on HTG’s custom, flexible asset management plans for medical devices.
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Forging Better Service Contracts
When writing a service contract, including quality metrics around the service deliverables, whether it’s the quality of the parts or the qualifications of the employees doing the work, helps keep vendors accountable.
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Measure Twice, Cut Never
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.
Medical Equipment Purchasing for CHTMs
Purchasing today’s medical technology involves much more than just finding the best price. You must implement a total systems approach to facilitate organizational goals and achieve a return on investment. That starts with identifying key stakeholders and getting an accurate picture of expenses through both capital and operational costs.
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End Times: Planning for Capital Equipment Purchases
Clinical engineering plays a central role in planning for the replacement and acquisition of new capital equipment. The data you provide will directly impact the day-to-day operations and financial well-being of your organization for years to come. So what information do you need to provide, where do you get it, and who needs to receive it?
Read MoreUltrasound Data Study Weighs Costs of Hourly Service Versus Contracts
Alpha Source has released a new data study on the total cost of ownership of ultrasound equipment that may help hospitals decide whether to adopt a comprehensive service contract. The report analyzed a base of 673 ultrasound units in clinical use in US hospitals and clinics over a 3-year period between 2010 and 2014.
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The Ultimate Guide to Imaging Service Contracts: Part 2
Often, the most effective means to reduce service contract costs is simple competition. Once you have a quote in hand from a vendor, it’s time to employ some standard capitalist tactics.
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A Helpful(?) Guide for Report Writing
Engineers and technicians are not always known for their ability to write good reports. To help you out with your end-of-year obligations, 24×7 called on editorial board member Dave Harrington to offer some guidelines. He provided a highly versatile vocabulary list.
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Starting Over and Carrying On
Healthcare technology management and 24×7 are looking forward to an exciting new year, but what’s ahead depends a great deal on what has come before.
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The Ultimate Guide to Imaging Service Contracts: Part 1
Service contracts come in all shapes, sizes, and prices. To avoid being taken advantage of, you have to know your way around a contract and understand the particular needs of your facility. The first half of this series reviews factors you should consider before shopping around and some of the main types of service coverage.
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Premier to Provide Agfa DR Systems Via 3-year Purchasing Contract
Agfa HealthCare’s new purchasing contract with Premier will be accessible to 3,600 Premier member hospitals and 120,000 alternative healthcare sites, which can select from the entire line of Agfa DR systems.
Read MoreSamsung Enters Radiography Purchasing Agreement with Premier
Samsung NeuroLogica awarded a group purchasing agreement for general radiography, computed tomography, and ultrasound to Premier Inc, a healthcare improvement company, effective October 1, 2015. The agreement allows Premier members to receive special pricing and terms for digital radiography, CT, and ultrasound products.
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“Minnesota Nice” Patient Monitoring: Steve Ziegenhagen, Gopher Medical
Husband and wife team Steve and Cathy Ziegenhagen founded their Minnesota-based company Gopher Medical in 2012. Focused on patient monitoring equipment, the third-party vendor specializes in a range of Philips and GE solutions. Steve recently spoke with 24×7 about starting his own company, the most in-demand features in patient monitoring equipment, and what steps biomeds can take to improve value at their facilities.
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Temple University Collaborates with GE on Value-based Radiology Program
Temple University Health System and GE Healthcare have signed a value-based radiology services collaboration agreement. The 7-year collaboration targets $39 million in operational savings enabled by new technology and industry best practices.
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James Mazurek: Leader, Diplomat, and Team Player
James Mazurek, a biomed for more than 30 years and a veteran of the US Air Force, has had a long and storied career, culminating in his selection in May as the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation’s 2015 BMET of the Year. Mazurek’s colleagues say he willingly shares his experience and expertise to serve as a mentor to junior biomeds.
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