Connected Device Growth Exposes Gaps Between IT and Biomed Teams
A new blueprint provides a framework for aligning IT and biomedical teams to manage cybersecurity and clinical uptime.
A new blueprint provides a framework for aligning IT and biomedical teams to manage cybersecurity and clinical uptime.
Salaries rose in most HTM roles, with radiology equipment specialists hitting six figures across all regions. But directors saw pay declines, and heavy workloads remain a challenge. Despite this, job satisfaction is strong, and benefits improved. Read the full report for key insights.
Charles Berberette, senior system director of biomedical engineering at Jackson Health System, discusses how his department has streamlined operations, including staffing optimization, contract management, training, equipment management/selection, and parts procurement, to save costs while managing over 45,000 pieces of medical equipment.
The HTM profession is facing a crisis at a time when healthcare organizations need these professionals more than ever. The problem? As the majority of biomeds near retirement age, there are not enough millennials to fill their shoes. Here, Dräger’s Rob Cermak shares how to identify and develop the next generation of HTM professionals.
In this Up Front article, 24x7 Magazine Chief Editor Keri Forsythe-Stephens goes behind the scenes with the HTM Salary Survey and reveals what HTM professionals told her that some may find surprising.
With today’s graying biomed population retiring at a steady pace and fewer younger people entering the field, HTM managers need to heed this alarm and what it means for the future of the profession. Here’s how succession planning comes in.
Situated in Silicon Valley, Fremont, Calif.-based Washington Hospital Healthcare System is known for its commitment to patient care. And a key part of fulfilling this commitment is due to the hospital’s biomedical engineering program, led by Paul Kelley, CBET, AAMIF.