78th Healthcare Operations Squadron BMETs Keep Airmen Deployment-Ready
The biomedical equipment technicians maintain and repair essential medical devices to support both home-base care and deployed missions.
The biomedical equipment technicians maintain and repair essential medical devices to support both home-base care and deployed missions.
Here, Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin’s clinical engineering manager, Ann Rovito, discusses what sets the facility apart and how the hospital has been able to stay ahead of the looming HTM staffing crisis.
They say a person is only as good as his or her team. In that vein, 24x7 Magazine spotlights Kaiser Permanente San Diego Medical Center’s clinical technology department—led by Jovito “Jojo” Gonzales, the 2019 recipient of AAMI & GE Healthcare’s “BMET of the Year” award.
The biomedical equipment technicians maintain and repair essential medical devices to support both home-base care and deployed missions.
In this article, Blake Collins, director of clinical engineering at Wilmington, Del.-based Christiana Care Health System, discusses the facility’s recent “Most Wired” designation and how his team collaborates with IT to improve patient outcomes.
Read MoreIn this article, Greg Joyner, director of biomedical engineering at Memphis, Tenn.-based St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, discusses the challenges of working in a high-stress pediatric environment and reveals how his team is collaborating with IT to improve the delivery of care.
Read MoreDespite the number of accolades following his name, Binseng Wang, ScD, CCE, fAIMBE, fACCE, doesn’t consider himself an industry hero. In fact, he’s downright uncomfortable with the thought. But when you get to know a little about Wang, you realize why he deserves the title he is so quick to shy away from.
Read MoreIn this installment of Heroes of HTM, 24×7 Magazine profiles Patrick Lynch, an individual who has earned the title of “Chief Do-Gooder.” Here, learn how Lynch’s penchant for working hard has benefitted people around the globe, in addition to his colleagues.
Read MoreA 629-bed pediatric hospital, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center ranks No.2 among all children’s hospitals in terms of the number of surgical procedures performed. Below, Glenn Schneider, CRES, MHSA, Cincinnati Children’s director of clinical engineering, discusses the challenges of working in a large teaching hospital and reveals how his team is handling succession planning.
Read MoreIn the premier installment of “Heroes of HTM,” 24×7 Magazine profiles industry veteran Ismael Cordero. Learn how Cordero—spurred on by a desire to travel and impact the HTM field—has seen the world and helped biomeds all over the globe.
Read MoreA world renowned medical institution, the Cleveland Clinic is regularly cited as one of the top hospitals in the nation. Below, Cleveland Clinic's Marc Petre shares the clinical engineering department’s unique approach to staffing and why maintaining a strong relationship with the institution’s IT department has been a boon to operations.