Physicians treat the afflictions of people; biomeds treat those of medical equipment. Both roles are key to maintaining a safe, effective, and economically efficient health care organization. Occasionally, however, biomeds do not feel the love that physicians do. “Sometimes, we don’t receive the respect that is needed in our profession,” one respondent writes in response […]
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Mel Roche The integration of the clinical engineering and supply chain departments is not in the organizational chart of most health care facilities. Typically, clinical engineering will find itself aligned with plant operations or IT, or it will function as a stand-alone department. However, structuring such an integration can lead to major advantages and the […]
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Ken Olbrish, MSBE One of the primary support differences between IT and clinical engineering is that traditionally, IT supported applications and hardware remotely with only limited customer interaction, whereas clinical engineering supported devices directly by visiting the department and interacting with users. Historically, this method of support worked well for clinical engineering, as they needed […]
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Everyone knows that trade shows provide opportunities to attend productive educational sessions, find out about the latest products, and network with old friends while making new ones. Sometimes, trade shows are also launching pads for books and opportunities that benefit the community. At the AAMI show in May, Leslie R. Atles, CCE, CBET, presented the […]
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Ventilator technology has come a long way since medieval anatomist Andreas Vesalius made small animals breathe artificially by inserting a hollow reed down their pharynx and blowing into the open end of the tube. And—were he alive today—the inventor of the first mechanical ventilator, George Poe, Jr, would no doubt marvel at the strides in […]
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