UptimeHealth Expands Into Facility Services With New Partnership
The company is now offering full-service support for both equipment and facilities at dental and medical practices across the country.
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Why HTM Departments Shouldn’t Be Left to Their Own Devices
24x7 Magazine recently sat down with Fujifilm Sonosite CEO Rich Fabian to discuss how and why original equipment manufacturers should approach medical device service and why HTM professionals should never be left to their “own devices.
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Case Study: Equipment Design with Service in Mind
Patient and user experience inspire clinical features, aesthetics, and other design elements for medical equipment. Similarly, it is important to take the product’s serviceability into consideration early in the design process to enable optimal uptime of that equipment throughout its lifecycle, which can have a significant impact on patient and user satisfaction.
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UptimeHealth Expands Into Facility Services With New Partnership
The company is now offering full-service support for both equipment and facilities at dental and medical practices across the country.
The CompTIA HIT Exam: Narrowing the Gap Between IT and Biomed
At the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation’s recent annual conference, there was a lot of talk about closing the gap between IT and biomed. Certification is a key way to achieve this, Draeger’s IT technical trainer Joe Mitura says, and he shares tips for acing CompTIA’s HIT technician exam here.
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Setup and Long-Term Care for Clinical Workstations
Healthcare IT departments are increasingly deferring the support of clinical workstations to biomed teams. The biomed team now is often responsible not only for setting up the computer, but also for its long-term care. This article details maintenance issues and best practices teams can follow to help keep the clinical workstation functioning properly.
Read MoreECRI Launches User Rating Tool for Medical Equipment Purchases
ECRI Institute has announced the launch of an online user review and rating tool for medical capital purchases that enables medical equipment users to share their opinions and assign ratings, helping hospitals and other healthcare providers make safe, cost-effective purchasing decisions. The Rate This Model tool is the latest addition to the SELECTplus suite of capital decision support services.
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Power Strips and RPTs—Where Are We Today?
There are several ways to meet the CMS protocol on power strips use in patient care areas, notes Pat Lynch. You can go out and buy hundreds of special relocatable power taps—or try a little creative thinking first.
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Understanding and Maintaining X-Ray Tubes
In this installment of Service Solutions, engineering technical support specialist Phil Bogolub of Dunlee explains how x-ray tubes work and how to maintain them.
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Principles and Methods of Testing Infusion Devices
Because infusion devices have been involved in a number of safety incidents in recent years, they must be regularly tested and evaluated to ensure that they are functioning to the manufacturer’s specification and within clinical and environmental expectations.
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LatestThe Benefits of First-Call Support for Imaging Equipment
One of the most effective ways a biomed department can reduce the risk of imaging equipment downtime is by implementing an in-house first-call support system.
