Batteries are an important part of daily life in the hospital. But because they sit silently in the background, they are often overlooked and ignored. That makes it especially important for healthcare technology management professionals to boost their battery know-how.
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ECRI Institute has released its third annual list of Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns to help hospitals proactively identify key patient safety concerns. Leading the list are challenges associated with incompatible health IT configurations and workflow, followed by patient identification errors and management of behavioral health issues in nonbehavioral health settings.
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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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