JANUARY 2013
TABLE OF CONTENTS
24×7
On the cover:
Richard Heck, MS, BME, EE,
Background, L-R: Perry Grant, Greg Doherty, John Klein,
Clinical engineering, Iowa Health Des Moines, of the Iowa Health System
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COVER STORY
Driven to begin outreach in the 1980s, the Iowa Health team now finds its efforts ahead of the curve
By Renee Diiulio
Low-Technology Effects on High-Technology Health Care
By C. Wayne Hibbs
Service Solutions
Innovative Strategies to Achieve Savings
By Jeff Niederhausen
Up Front
By Julie Kirst
Networking
By Ken Olbrish, MSBE
CCE Prep
By Arif Subhan, MS, CCE, FACCE
New book on medical equipment management, portable oscilloscope, infusion pump parts, diagnostic x-ray meters
Focus On: Advances in Imaging Equipment
Rigol Technologies Inc
By Kurt Woock
Soapbox
To Fix Health Care, We Need More “Kaizen”
By By Mark Graban