Health technology safety requires that healthcare facilities identify the possibility of danger or difficulty with medical technologies and take steps to minimize the likelihood of adverse events. To help HTM professionals along the way, ECRI Institute has announced the launch of its Top 10 Health Technology Hazards for 2018 list.
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Biomedical expert Patrick Lynch recently spoke at the Third Arab Biomedical and Clinical Engineering Conference—a conference, he says, that greatly impressed him. In fact, Lynch believes that hospitals in the United States could learn a lot from their counterparts in the Middle East—particularly as it relates to HTM.
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According to a new report, the refurbished orthopedic medical imaging market is witnessing a surge in demand across the globe. After all, researchers say, refurbished orthopedic medical imaging devices provide facilities—particularly small diagnostic centers and standalone hospitals—with significant cost-savings compared to new equipment.
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In a statement, U.S. FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, MD, revealed that the FDA has completed its first qualification of a medical device development tool to provide a more objective platform for developing devices in a key area of medicine: cardiovascular health.
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Stockton, Calif.-based Conquest Imaging announced that the AAMI Credentials Institute (ACI) has pre-approved its continuing education units for their 2018 training calendar. The ACI award qualification process includes evaluation of all curriculum, course materials, syllabi, and testing.
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