Category: Education

Education

The Best Job You’ve Never Heard Of? Let’s Change That (Editor’s Message)

HTM has momentum, but awareness still lags behind. Strategic advocacy could change that.

Education

How an Influential List of Clinical Engineers Came to Be

Khalid Ziada, MSc, CHTM, project manager at Seder Group, discusses his role in hospital asset management and his motivation for creating a list of top clinical engineers. He shares his selection criteria, the challenges of curating the list, and his excitement for advances in healthcare technology.

Education

Navigating the CBET Exam

The Certified Biomedical Equipment Technician (CBET) credential isn’t mandatory, but it can give biomeds an edge, advocates say.

Career Advancement

A Biomed’s Guide to Starting a Business

Starting your own business can be scary. Fortunately, help is on the way. Here, Jacob Freedman, founder and owner of pd1 medical, LLC, shares how he took the plunge and offers advice for those looking to do the same.

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Ransomware Now Top Driver of Patient Data Breaches, Study Finds

A new study shows ransomware attacks accounted for 69% of all patient records compromised in 2024.

Internships

Growing a Career: The (Immense) Value of Student Internships

In this installment of “Growing a Career,” Penn State New Kensington educator Dr. Joie Marhefka discusses her program’s approach to student internships and shares why she believes it’s an approach others in HTM should emulate.

HTM Programs

HTM: The Unsung Hero in Your Patient Satisfaction Strategy

Having an optimized HTM program that delivers efficiency and effectiveness to a hospital is an often-overlooked part of the patient satisfaction equation.