Category: Maintenance Strategies

Maintenance Strategies

Kontakt.io Launches Hand Hygiene Module Compatible with Existing Hospital Dispensers

New module uses RTLS to prompt hand sanitization before patient contact without requiring infrastructure changes.

Maintenance Strategies

The ROI of Precision Planning in Medical Equipment Replacement

Waiting for equipment to fail carries clinical and financial consequences. Planning replacement before that point changes both risk and return.

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

Kontakt.io Launches Hand Hygiene Module Compatible with Existing Hospital Dispensers

New module uses RTLS to prompt hand sanitization before patient contact without requiring infrastructure changes.

Preventive Maintenance

The Art and Science of PM Standardization

As device fleets expand, opportunities for PMs to drift are growing. Several approaches are helping HTM leaders keep practices consistent.

Alternative Equipment Maintenance

Hospitals Could Cut OR Waste by Updating Surgical Supply Lists, Study Finds

A new UC San Diego Health analysis shows how streamlining surgical preference cards using real-world data can reduce waste, cut costs, and improve operating room workflow.

Asset Management

Outsourcing Equipment Service, Without Losing Your Edge

How HTM leaders can evaluate when outsourcing is the right call—and how to manage partners, contracts, and expectations throughout the process.

Power Management

Equipment Financing Strategies That Support Technology Access

As financial pressures grow, healthcare organizations are evaluating flexible funding structures to maintain essential equipment and manage capital constraints.

Maintenance Strategies

4 Approaches to Cut Equipment Downtime

HTM leaders share the practical changes—some simple, some more strategic—that are moving the needle on preventable equipment outages.

Preventive Maintenance

Glassbeam Partners with VA to Boost Medical Equipment Analytics

Glassbeam and the VA Healthcare Technology Management program are implementing real-time data and predictive analytics to enhance equipment uptime and efficiency at VA medical centers, in collaboration with the SimLEARN National Simulation Center.

Alternative Equipment Maintenance

Joint Commission Elevates Healthcare Equity Standard to National Patient Safety Goal

The Joint Commission’s new National Patient Safety Goal aims to spotlight healthcare equity as a patient safety and quality priority.

Asset Management

Why Health Systems Keep Renting Equipment They Already Own—and How to Stop It

Health systems are unknowingly paying multiple times for the same medical equipment—once to own it, and again to rent it. The issue isn’t always increasing clinical demand; it’s often availability and visibility to medical device inventory.

Power Management

Eaton Launches Tripp Lite Series Cloud-Connected UPS

Eaton has launched its cloud-connected Eaton Tripp Lite UPS in North America, offering battery backup, surge protection, and integrated cloud-based monitoring for up to 10 years.

Maintenance Strategies

What to Ask Before Signing a Third-Party Medical Equipment Service Contract

Asking the right questions helps ensure quality service, control costs, support compliance, and avoid surprise charges or service gaps.