Demystifying the Equipment-Acquisition Process
Through an awareness of procedures, biomeds can add value to negotiations
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What IT Does Not Know About You
At a session on the convergence of the clinical engineering and information technology (IT) departments during this year’s Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation conference, I surveyed the audience to find out how many believed the IT departments at their facilities had an idea of what a clinical engineer (CE) does on a day-to-day […]
Read MoreLooking Into Imaging Equipment
Jan 31, 2007 | Imaging Equipment | 0 |
Fronically, getting a look inside imaging equipment is sometimes more difficult than getting a look inside the human body. It is definitely as complex. Ionizing radiation devices—x-ray, computed tomography (CT), mammography, and fluoroscopy—create images of varying detail through the interaction of the body and radiation. X-ray exams, for instance, do not distinguish very well between […]
Read MoreWhose Vendor Is It?
The clinical engineering department has spent years developing excellent relationships with its medical-device vendor representatives, just as the information technology (IT) department has spent years developing similar relationships with its vendors. Now that IT must assist in setup, support, and maintenance of some components of medical equipment, IT is often at a loss in terms of […]
Read MoreThe Evolving Needs of Biomedical Education
The biomed profession is dynamic, evolving—always changing and advancing. That is why many of us are in the profession today. We love the constant challenge and diversity of what we do. We have evolved from a safety and defibrillator analyzer being our predominant tester to data jack and network analyzers. As our profession continues to […]
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