Privacy Considerations for the Medical Device Ecosystem
As the integration of medical devices with information systems forges ahead, so must awareness about security and privacy risks to prevent breaches and patient safety incidents
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CMS Changes the Game
Recently, the US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released its “Clarification of Hospital Equipment Maintenance Requirements,” and has roused the profession, prompting debate and the formation of a coalition that includ
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Journey to Excellence
The clinical engineering team at Parkland continues the renowned institution’s innovative approach within its own department
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Personnel Management/Supervision
This is a continuation of the previous article on “Personnel Management/Supervision III” that appeared in the July 2011 issue, which discussed compensation, benefits, and incentives. In this article, we will discuss “appraising performance” and
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Combating Alarm Fatigue
If your cell phone had the same ring tone as everyone else’s, would you always answer your phone? In a crowd of people with many phones going off at the same time, you would probably become conditioned to the sound and possibly ignore it. If technology had not leaped forward to allow people to personalize […]
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