Whether your feel the pinch of an actual cut, lose a position due to attrition, or simply aren’t allowed to hire as your workload increases, most of us will be tasked with doing more with less at some point. But how do you manage these situations? After all, most people aren’t in a position to reduce the services they provide or charge more for them. That’s where process improvement comes in.
Read MoreThe Council for Quality Respiratory Care—a coalition of oxygen therapy providers and manufacturers—commended lawmakers in the House Ways & Means Health Subcommittee for reviewing legislation to improve the Medicare program, including the Patient Access to Durable Medical Equipment Act.
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In Patrick Lynch’s debut column, he discusses the similarities among the approximately 45 biomedical associations across the United States, and what they say about the state of the industry.
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Despite tightening budgets and controversy over patient safety concerns, sales and use of expensive robotic surgical systems are on the rise. Here’s what biomeds need to know about caring for these temperamental systems and positioning themselves for the future.
Read MoreThe healthcare technology management field may have lagged behind other sectors like aviation in adopting reliability-centered maintenance (RCM), but it’s not too late for biomeds to shift their approach to medical equipment management, Malcolm Ridgway said in his AAMI 2016 address. Last October, Ridgway and other AAMI leaders launched the RCM Project, which aimed to “disseminate clear, relevant information” about the maintenance strategy and create a community-wide database.
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