Here, Dawn Griffin, chief human resources and diversity officer at TRIMEDX, elaborates on how the company’s new partnership with the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) can change the lives of military members for the better and give them the core skills to join the civilian workforce.
The U.S. military is now piloting a new program that gives soldiers firsthand training and experience on how to work on complex medical devices.
In a study of 12 healthy male volunteers, a wearable biosensor that is placed on the chest, called the VitalScout, provided an accurate assessment of physiological parameters—heart rate and respiration rate—that are used to calculate stress.
Alissa Bartenbach is senior talent development consultant for Medxcel, Indianapolis. 24×7 caught up with her recently to learn more about her innovative approach to HTM personnel development at Medxcel’s TriMedx group.
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In case you haven’t noticed, everything is going wireless. The telephone has gone wireless. Your computers can be connected to the Internet via wireless. Your stereo speakers can now be wireless. And your television, which was wireless, then was wired to cable, is going wireless again. It seems inevitable that these same technologies enabling wireless […]
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Using human factors engineering to evaluate medical equipment helps make devices safer and more effective
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One of the constants in our world today seems to be change. From one day, one week, even one moment to the next, we face change. How has your work environment altered since last year? At 24×7, we would like to know what is happening in your world. Fortunately, you can tell us because it […]
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As an integral part of the organization, the Duke team focuses on quality patient care and safety
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Have you ever taken a moment to consider your reputation? Unlike our great-grandparents’ generation, hospitals are big business, and this means you and your biomed shop have your reputation to consider. This is true if you work for a small county hospital or a large hospital conglomeration, are in-house, outsourced, or insourced. The fluidity in […]
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The UC Davis team tap into metrics to conserve time, resources, and money
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As repair and modification of medical instrumentation become more complex and involve many diverse technologies, it has become increasingly important for retraining opportunities to be readily available for experienced biomedical equipment technicians (BMETs) and clinical engineers (CEs). Information technology (IT), the IT network, networking technologies, and communication over the network represent important areas for retraining. […]
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Today, clinical engineering is in the early phases of what will be a true revolution in health care in the 21st century. We are already experiencing some of the disorienting effects of simultaneous and escalating changes in medical technology, information technology, national health care policy and economics, population demographics, and professional identity. These changes are […]
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Centrifuges are one of the low-level lab equipment items that fall under a biomed’s purview. Biomeds have traditionally found clinical laboratories intimidating places—a view justified by the large amount of biohazardous materials, technical scientific jargon, and sophisticated pieces of equipment. But just as gloves and goggles can offer physical protection, education and knowledge provide a […]
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Not satisfied with the status quo, the Community Health team took on the state to create a better way
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In a perfect world, medical devices would never need to be modified for recalls, corrective actions, or upgrades. But in the quest for device perfection, it is important to recognize that even with the best design and foresight applied to a product’s use, something can go wrong with a piece of equipment, requiring some type […]
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