Ismael Cordero There is a movement in the United States toward consumer-driven health care—health plans in which individuals have a personal health account from which they pay medical expenses directly. An anticipated important by-product of consumer-driven health care is that the quality of health care will improve and its cost will decrease as patients begin […]
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Our article in the November issue of 24×7 presented a case report of a system failure that illustrates a growing concern—the hazards associated with the integration of biomedical technologies into information systems. We described how an ECG archiving system crash—possibly initiated by a virus attack and exacerbated by several organizational and technical vulnerabilities-propagated into a […]
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Incident/Untoward Event Investigation is one of the areas of the CCE examination under the topic of “Risk Management & Safety.” For a complete list of CCE Examination topics, see the new 2008 Candidate Handbook for CE certification availa
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In a perfect world, medical devices would never need to be modified for recalls, corrective actions, or upgrades. But in the quest for device perfection, it is important to recognize that even with the best design and foresight applied to a product’s use, something can go wrong with a piece of equipment, requiring some type […]
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How to apply CRM principles in your department to make it work for you
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