Once again, there is gnashing of teeth over HTM programs closing. And, once again, the same solution is trotted out: The industry needs to raise awareness among high school and college students to create additional supply, maintains Massachusetts General Hospital Systems Engineering Manager Rick Schrenker. But is inadequate supply of skilled staff the full story? What about the nature of demand, Schrenker poses?
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With the cost of hospital medical devices rising rapidly, it’s necessary to know what you have, how it’s being used, and how it’s being maintained. In this article, EQ2 CEO Joe Eichberger delves into the computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) market and discusses how CMMS’ can help hospitals manage their assets for results.
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The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned clinicians and patients late last week about the risk of potentially life-threatening bacterial infections following open-heart surgery due to the possible contamination of a device commonly used during the procedure: LivaNova PLC’s Stöckert 3T heater-cooler devices. AAMI reported on this development.
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Ben Mannisto, president and CEO of Southfield, Mich.-based Phoenix Data Systems; Vishal Malhotra, chief technology officer at Charlotte, NC-based EQ2; and Sandra Calderon, an Atlanta-based management consultant at FBC, an authorized Tesseract solution provider, sat down with 24×7 to discuss what every HTM professional should know about the computerized maintenance management system market segment.
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To stop the spread of health care-associated infections, more attention needs to be paid to the role of medical devices and equipment, according to AAMI. This was the thought that sparked the recent two-day forum on medical technology and HAIs hosted by AAMI in collaboration with the American Hospital Association, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the FDA’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health, and The Joint Commission.
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