When writing a service contract, including quality metrics around the service deliverables, whether it’s the quality of the parts or the qualifications of the employees doing the work, helps keep vendors accountable.
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J. Scot Mackeil, CBET, is AAMI & GE Healthcare’s 2018 ‘BMET of the Year.’ Find out how his dedication to the HTM profession and ‘right to repair’ advocacy impressed the judges.
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Leaders at more than 600 Joint Commission-accredited hospitals representing independent and health system organizations across the country have successfully transitioned to The Joint Commission’s new direct data submission platform for reporting calendar year (CY) 2017 electronic clinical quality measure (eCQM) data in 2018, agency officials reveal.
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Power failures, fires, floods, industrial accidents, cyberattacks—disasters such as these can put both health care organizations and their patients at risk. A new Quick Safety advisory from The Joint Commission provides healthcare organizations with risk factors, safety recommendations, and research on how to continue operations during an emergency.
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During the AAMI 2018 Conference & Expo, which took place from June 1-4, in Long Beach, Calif., experts in the healthcare technology management (HTM) field explored a variety of hot topics. Chief among them: cybersecurity, FDA legislation, artificial intelligence, and advancing the global HTM sector.
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