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Vizient Launches Cybersecurity Task Force to Address Medical Device Safety

Vizient Launches Cybersecurity Task Force to Address Medical Device Safety

Apr 26, 2018 | | 0 |

In an effort to harmonize the work being done in hospitals and by device manufacturers to address medical device vulnerabilities, Irving, Texas-based healthcare consultancy Vizient has formed the Medical Device Cybersecurity Task Force. The mission of the task force is to facilitate collaboration to minimize the risk and cost of medical device cybersecurity by fostering standard practices for the benefit of the health care industry.

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AAMI Names 2018 Award and Scholarship Winners

AAMI Names 2018 Award and Scholarship Winners

Apr 25, 2018 | | 0 |

An impressive lineup of healthcare technology experts and innovators, along with clinicians, patient safety champions, standards developers, young professionals, and students is set to receive an AAMI award or scholarship this year at the association’s annual conference. The honors recognize these individuals’ leadership, dedication, and contributions to the association and to the healthcare technology community as a whole.

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FDA Releases ‘Medical Device Safety Action Plan’

FDA Releases ‘Medical Device Safety Action Plan’

Apr 17, 2018 | | 1 |

U.S. FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, MD, has revealed that the FDA is taking steps to enhance and modernize its approach to medical device safety and innovation. Such steps are outlined in the agency’s Medical Device Safety Action Plan: Protecting Patients, Promoting Public Health, which was released on Tuesday, April 17.

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A Day in the Life: Tripler Army Medical Center

A Day in the Life: Tripler Army Medical Center

Apr 4, 2018 | | 1 |

In this article, Ramon Pagansantiago, chief of the Honolulu-based Tripler Army Medical Center’s equipment management branch, sits down with 24×7 Magazine to discuss how the hospital’s location is both an advantage and a challenge from a device management perspective and how his team embodies “Ohana”—the Hawaiian word for “family.”

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