TruAsset has implemented direct communications between its CMMS software and Fluke Biomedical OneQA workflow automation software to streamline preventive maintenance for HTM professionals.
Last month, Dude Solutions added BioMed to its CMMS, TheWorxHub. On the heels of this announcement, 24x7 Magazine sat down with product manager—and former Martha’s Vineyard Hospital technician—Braden Witt to discuss the impetus behind this decision and how BioMed can help solve the challenges HTM departments face.
Below, four individuals in the CMMS space sit down with 24x7 Magazine to discuss what hospitals should look for when purchasing a computerized maintenance management system and how this technology is changing the game for HTM departments.
Accruent, an Austin-based provider of physical resource management technologies, has acquired Solana Beach, Calif.-based Connectiv, a cloud-based, mobile-enabled software company that allows biomedical and clinical engineering groups to manage their medical devices and equipment.
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If you’re part of an in-house HTM program, you need to know what your services are valued at—both for your own cost estimation and for your customers (the clinicians) to know what you cost the institution. Biomedical expert Patrick Lynch takes an in-depth look at this subject here.
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Looking to implement a computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) at your facility? NEXGEN Asset Management’s Lindsey Walker shares eight steps to take before procuring a CMMS here. After all, she says, CMMS’ are not ‘one-model-fits-all’ kinds of technologies.
Read MoreCharlotte, N.C.-based EQ2, LLC, has named clinical engineering veteran Rich Sable product manager of its HEMS CMMS. Prior to this appointment, Sable provided customer education for HEMS and served as manager of clinical engineering at Trenton, N.J.-based St. Francis Medical Center.
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In Maintenance Connection’s 2017 Healthcare Facility Maintenance Report, the company asked more than 1,000 HTM professionals about their daily operations, how they use a CMMS, and the ROI they’ve seen from CMMS implementation. Many HTMs weighed in, and the results—shared here—may surprise you.
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In this article, HTM consultants Ted Cohen and Matt Baretich explain how a modern CMMS can help HTM departments collect and apply high-quality data—a subject explored in depth in their new AAMI book, Computerized Maintenance Management Systems for Healthcare Technology Management, 3rd Edition.
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In recent PrepTalk columns, John Noblitt discussed the process of purchasing new equipment and the need for these purchases to fit into an organization’s strategic plan. In January’s installment of PrepTalk, Noblitt shares information about equipment replacement purchases—and how such information could show up on the Certified Healthcare Technology Management exam.
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Ben Mannisto, president and CEO of Southfield, Mich.-based Phoenix Data Systems; Vishal Malhotra, chief technology officer at Charlotte, NC-based EQ2; and Sandra Calderon, an Atlanta-based management consultant at FBC, an authorized Tesseract solution provider, sat down with 24×7 to discuss what every HTM professional should know about the computerized maintenance management system market segment.
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Healthcare companies, hospitals, and medical clinics have a lot of equipment, infrastructure, and data that needs to be handled in a structured manner. As such, inefficiencies in management not only affect productivity, but also raise the risk of liability. Fortunately, computerized maintenance management systems (CMMSs) offer the complete solution.
Read MoreCMMS provider EQ2 will offer attendees at the upcoming AAMI conference multiple ways to learn about the company’s HEMS system, including educational sessions, product demos, and a Sunday reception. The company recently became the only vendor to achieve IHE PCD interoperability testing at both the 2015 and 2016 IHE Connectathons.
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Knowledge earned from scientific discovery is how a discipline advances and matures, Larry Fennigkoh argues—and it is how the clinical engineering and entire HTM community can best defend itself against those who question its tremendous worth and value to healthcare.
Read MoreFor the second year in a row, the HEMS platform from EQ2 was the only CMMS to successfully complete IHE PCD interoperability testing at the IHE Connectathon in Cleveland, Ohio.
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