AAMI has rolled out HIT 1000-4, Application of Human Factors Engineering, the latest in a series of provisional standards for unregulated medical software that consider the needs and responsibilities of end users, such as clinicians.
Heidi Horn, vice president of global enablement—healthcare at Nuvolo, has been elected as chair of AAMI's Technology Management Council. Horn currently serves on the AAMI Board of Directors and received AAMI's 2019 HTM Leadership Award.
HTM expert Patrick Lynch has compiled 10 reasons why he believes the industry needs a national HTM organization—one that is chapter-based, so that the local and state associations can merge under a national umbrella. That way, he says, biomeds can flex their collective muscle to really get something done, “instead of just meeting locally to complain about it.”
Here, AAMI editor in chief Gavin Stern sits down with 24x7 Magazine to share the exclusive details behind AAMI’s latest initiative: shipping 6,000 3D-printed face shields to COVID-19 hot spots across the nation.
The American College of Clinical Engineering (ACCE) has named industry veterans Adriana Velazquez and Ray Zambuto to the Clinical Engineering Hall of Fame Class of 2020 for their various contributions to the CE sector.
The American Society for Health Care Engineering (ASHE) of the American Hospital Association is moving its 2020 ASHE Annual Conference & Technical Exhibition from August to October and is adding a new virtual conference alongside the in-person event.
The New England Society of Clinical Engineering (NESCE) will sponsor the Northeastern Healthcare Technology Symposium at the Sheraton Framingham Hotel & Conference Center in Framingham, Mass, from Tuesday, October 22,...
The Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance (MITA) announces that through the recently reconvened Consortium for Universal Healthcare Credentialing, its parent and standard-setting organization, NEMA, will update the 2019 Standard, the American National Standard for Supplier Credentialing in Healthcare, to include provisions for personal protective equipment.