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Heartland Biomedical Association

Location, location, location,” goes the common refrain in real estate, but the same can be said of the Nebraska-based biomed group the Heartland Biomedical Association (HBA). With the majority of its members located in the large, metropolitan cities in the Eastern region of the state, increasing the membership or gaining attendance from the biomeds stationed […]

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The Medical Equipment Committee

Arif Subhan, MS, CCE This article is a continuation of the previous article on Committee Management, which appeared in the May 2012 issue of 24×7 and discussed successful committee management. This article will review the hospital Medical Equipment Committee. The clinical engineering professional may be a member or chair or co-chair of the Medical Equipment […]

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Are Rootkits Evil?

Rootkits are not inherently good or evil. A set of software programs that work to subvert control of a computer’s operating system from its legitimate operators, rootkits allow continued privileged access while actively hiding their presence from administrators, the operating system, and spyware/malware detection scans. They are more or less facilitators for a payload (or […]

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