Category: Maintenance Strategies

Maintenance Strategies

Beware of ‘Sticker Companies’

The dangers and liabilities of not having your equipment serviced by trained technicians.

Maintenance Strategies

Identiv and Novanta Team Up to Advance RFID in Medical Technology

The partnership aims to streamline the adoption of intelligent, RFID-enabled solutions for medical device OEMs.

Maintenance Strategies

Bed Maintenance: Should HTM Do It?

Disagreement often ensues when the subject of bed maintenance by biomeds arises, reveals biomedical expert Patrick Lynch. In May's The LynchPin column, Lynch lays out both arguments regarding HTM professionals handling bed maintenance and shares his personal opinions about the matter. Don't miss out.

Maintenance Strategies

Beware of ‘Sticker Companies’

The dangers and liabilities of not having your equipment serviced by trained technicians.

Preventive Maintenance

AI Tops 2025 Health Technology Hazards List

ECRI’s 2025 report names AI-enabled health technologies as the top healthcare hazard, citing risks like bias, false results, and safety concerns, while urging careful integration alongside other critical challenges such as home care support gaps, cybersecurity threats, and medical device safety.

Alternative Equipment Maintenance

How to Prepare for a Hospital Survey

In this 24x7 exclusive, Rich Sable, CBET, product manager at computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) provider EQ2, LLC, shares tried-and-true strategies for hospital survey preparedness and how to use CMMS technologies to manage regulations and improve survey outcomes.

Asset Management

Cognosos Fast Lane Offers Low-Latency Communication

Cognosos launched Fast Lane for its Guardian duress solution to ensure timely assistance for hospital staff during emergencies.

Power Management

Eaton Launches Samsung Gen 3 Lithium-Ion Battery System

Eaton has launched the Samsung Gen 3 lithium-ion battery system, designed for data center, medical, and industrial customers.

Maintenance Strategies

Sonitor Integrates MDuress Software with Spectralink Phones

Sonitor has integrated its MDuress software with Spectralink Versity 95 and 97 smartphones to enhance hospital staff safety.

Preventive Maintenance

New Clinician Learning Curve Tops ECRI’s Patient Safety Concerns

Challenges transitioning new clinicians from academic training to professional practice tops ECRI’s 2024 list of 10 patient safety concerns.

Alternative Equipment Maintenance

Medical Equipment Maintenance Market Reaches $46 Billion

The increase in patient population, number of diagnostic centers, OEM presence, and technological advancement in equipment helped grow the market.

Asset Management

GeoSense and the Future of Asset Tracking in Healthcare

TRIMEDX's Jim McCoy talks about GeoSense, a real-time location system that aims to enhance clinical asset tracking by providing room-level location data.

Power Management

Eaton Launches Tripp Lite Power Supply

Eaton announced the availability in North America of the Eaton Tripp Lite series standby uninterruptible power supply (UPS).

Maintenance Strategies

How Tech Can Make Medical Equipment Inventories Flexible

By making key metrics and data readily accessible to decision-makers, health systems can make medical equipment inventories more flexible, one industry expert says.