Founded 26 years ago from the remnants of a failing engineering association, the North Central Biomedical Association has blossomed into a robust organization whose members share a hunger for knowledge and collaboration. Now, the association is working on reaching out to students and employers to help sustain the next generation of biomedical professionals.
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As medical devices become increasingly complicated and amass ever-larger quantities of data, hospitals continue to struggle with how to tap the vast stores of knowledge under their own roofs. Companies like Capsule want to be the answer. Kevin Phillips, the company’s vice president of marketing and product management, recently spoke with 24×7 about why it’s OK for hospitals to start small on analytics and his prediction for the hybrid future of biomed and IT.
Read MoreEntech Clinical Equipment Services, a clinical equipment service company in Chandler, Ariz, was recently named an authorized service provider for Midmark, a provider of medical equipment products. Entech is Midmark’s primary authorized service provider for all hospitals and healthcare facilities in the Tucson, Ariz, area.
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Each December offers an opportunity to turn inward and take stock. This month, chief editor Jenny Lower asked 24×7’s editorial board members to share which issues had most captured their attention in 2015 and which topics would drive the HTM agenda in 2016.
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For the first time, 24×7’s annual survey of job satisfaction and compensation queried respondents about their timeline for retirement in an effort to gauge the impending impact of the Boomer exodus from the workforce. The data confirmed what many in HTM already know intuitively to be true: Starting in about 5 years, the field will see a major wave of retirement lasting about a decade, although we’re already on the edge of the upswing.
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