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A Safety Net

Julie Kirst, Editor Implementation of the electronic medical record (EMR) continues to grow, and as it does, more clinical engineering departments find themselves involved in the process. Touted as a way to make health care safer, electronic patient data available to many people through multiple devices also carries a serious privacy risk that everyone involved […]

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Predicting Support Costs Through Equipment Metrics

Michael Dickerson For decades, standards organizations and jurisdictional authorities have required that health care organizations maintain historical records on medical devices and ancillary equipment. Accurate equipment histories provide evidence that devices are routinely checked for proper performance by “experts,” incipient problems have been identified and resolved, and actual incidents are investigated so prevention protocols may […]

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Training

South Pacific Biomedical Since 2001, South Pacific Biomedical Inc, Temecula, Calif, has offered multivendor ventilator service training and support through an array of comprehensive service seminars that combine innovative Internet-based training with advanced classroom study. The company focuses on establishing, growing, and maintaining genuine customer relationships, and heeds the belief that by taking care of […]

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