Cybersecurity Enters the Buying Cycle
Cybersecurity considerations are coming earlier in medical device purchasing as HTM teams look more closely at vendor support, contract terms, and long-term security risks.
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BrainScope Gets Innovative Tech Contract for Head Injury Triage Medical Device
BrainScope Company was awarded an Innovative Technology contract from Vizient for its novel head injury triage medical device.
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Vendor Profile: GE Healthcare
GE Healthcare has created an always-on solution to help buyers and biomed teams focus on patient care—by delivering what they need, when and where they need it. This online system, GE Healthcare Service Shop, provides instant access to equipment parts and accessories, repairs, and education resources directly from GE Healthcare, the original equipment manufacturer.
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Cybersecurity Enters the Buying Cycle
Cybersecurity considerations are coming earlier in medical device purchasing as HTM teams look more closely at vendor support, contract terms, and long-term security risks.
Pricing In-House HTM Services
If you’re part of an in-house HTM program, you need to know what your services are valued at—both for your own cost estimation and for your customers (the clinicians) to know what you cost the institution. Biomedical expert Patrick Lynch takes an in-depth look at this subject here.
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Where Is HTM Headed?
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 Releases Service-Level Agreement Template
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 MoreSage Advice for the Next Generation: Steve Maull
Although 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 MoreA Call to Action for the HTM Community
The 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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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.
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PartsSource Inks Group Purchasing Deal with Premier Inc.
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.
