The Joint Commission and the National Quality Forum have announced the 2015 recipients of the annual John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety and Quality Awards. The awards, presented at NQF’s annual conference April 7-8, 2016, in Washington, DC, honored industry leaders for initiatives to reduce patient deaths and control healthcare costs.
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Fifty years ago, President Kennedy rallied the nation with the moonshot. Today, clinical engineering professionals face a similar opportunity—and challenge—with evidence-based maintenance (EBM). Critics have noted a number of obstacles to its implementation, but several experts have called EBM the best approach for establishing proper scheduled maintenance. If CE professionals do not seize this chance, they will miss their greatest opportunity to prove themselves worthy managers of medical technology.
Read MoreUltrasound device manufacturer Civco Medical Solutions has acquired PCI Medical, a producer of ultrasound transducer disinfectant systems based in Deep River, Conn. This acquisition equips Civco with a portfolio of hardware and consumables to meet the need for infection control compliance in the ultrasound transducer reprocessing market.
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In the past, the FDA has occasionally waded into the territory of medical device service, refurbishment, repair, reconditioning, and modification. The FDA’s new foray into this arena comes in the form of an open-ended request for comments titled “Refurbishing, Reconditioning, Rebuilding, Remarketing, Remanufacturing, and Servicing of Medical Devices Performed by Third-party Entities and Original Equipment Manufacturers.”
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Nihon Kohden has released the Aware alarm management software system to help hospitals reduce alarm fatigue and meet The Joint Commission’s National Patient Safety Goal for alarm management. The system builds on the company’s ReportKonnect functionality and comes with clinical consulting services to help facilities sustain improvement.
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