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.
Healthcare is a tough field to pursue, likely due to its ever-changing nature and wide array of positions, maintains healthcare consultant and 24x7 Magazine editorial board member Dave Harrington, PhD. But is healthcare technology management aging out? Harrington explores this question and more in July's Soapbox column.
Many clinical engineering departments have struggled with determining the appropriate staffing levels for their particular health care facility. Increasingly, hospital administrators prefer to utilize benchmarks when measuring the need to adjust staffing for a clinical department. Unlike our colleagues in the respiratory care and nursing professions, there have been no widely accepted or accurate models […]
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.