Despite vastly different resources, clinical engineering leaders at a rural hospital and a large health system are finding ways to expand their in-house capabilities while making outside service partnerships work.
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According to a new report published by Markets and Markets, the medical device contract manufacturing market is expected to reach $91.3 billion by 2024, up from an estimated $55 billion in 2019, at a CAGR of 10.6%.
Despite vastly different resources, clinical engineering leaders at a rural hospital and a large health system are finding ways to expand their in-house capabilities while making outside service partnerships work.
In this in-depth feature article, seasoned writer Chris Hayhurst explores an important subject in healthcare technology management: capital equipment purchasing. Read on to learn how HTM professionals are playing key roles in procuring the equipment hospitals need.
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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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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.
