Category: Preventive Maintenance

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.

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.

Preventive Maintenance

Cracking the Code to Compliant PMs

Ask 100 HTM professionals and you’ll get 100 different answers on what makes up an effective and compliant planned maintenance (PM) program.

Scheduling

Healthcare Professionals Too Confident in Security of Connected Medical Devices

Mountain View, Calif.-based Zingbox has released the findings of its second annual Healthcare Security Survey. The survey revealed a contradiction between the confidence that healthcare professionals have in the visibility of connected medical devices and security of their networks, and the inefficient legacy processes many still rely on to keep them secure.

OEM Compliance

MITA Unveils Its Servicing Standard for Medical Imaging Equipment

The Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance (MITA) has announced the publication of NEMA/MITA 2—Requirements for Servicing of Medical Imaging Equipment, a voluntary standard outlining MITA’s minimum quality management system requirements for medical imaging device servicing.

Predictive Analytics

Remote and Predictive Medical Equipment Maintenance Market to Flourish

The remote and predictive maintenance of medical devices is becoming more prominent due to the growing digitalization and device connectivity, market researchers say.

Patient Safety

Philips CPAP Recall Spurs Another 82 Reports of Patient Deaths, Pushing Total to 346

Recent medical device reports regarding Philips’ CPAP machines registered additional fatalities, expanding the number of reported deaths.