Perioperative Workflow System on New App
LiveData, Cambridge, Mass, announced an iPad app for its perioperative workflow system, PeriOp Manager.
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Clarifying a Clarification, Feature Article: December 2012
While CMS reconsiders its directive regarding maintenance procedures, the industry looks beyond the roadblock to address the development of standards for its evidence-based practices
Read MoreCommittee Management II
This article follows the previous article on Committee Management, which appeared in the July 2012 issue of 24×7 and discussed the hospital Medical Equipment Committee. This article will continue on this topic and review the hospital’s Environment of Care (EC) Committee. The Environment of Care The biomedical/clinical engineering professional is usually a member or could […]
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Closing the Gaps
Harmonizing biomed and IT operations to develop safety-critical best practices for medical device systems
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What is Critical Equipment, and How Should it be Maintained?
Binseng Wang, ScD, CCE, FAIMBE, FACCE In December of 2011, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a clarification of hospital equipment maintenance requirements1 contained in the State Operations Manual Provider Certification. This clarification stated that critical equipment must be maintained at the frequency recommended by the manufacturer, whereas the frequency of noncritical […]
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