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Focus On: Clinical Engineering Association of Illinois

Focus On: Clinical Engineering Association of Illinois

Aug 29, 2016 | | 0 |

From August 17-18, nearly 250 members of the biomedical community convened at the Drury Lane Theatre and Conference Center in Oakbrook Terrace, IL, for the annual meeting of the Clinical Engineering Association of Illinois (CEAI). “The biggest highlight was our theme,” CEAI President Suraj Soudagar says: ‘2016 Watershed: HTM in Transition,’ Such a subject spoke to the current changes affecting the health care technology management (HTM) field, he explains—particularly the FDA’s call for greater regulations.

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National Alarm Management Coalition Sets Phase II Priorities

National Alarm Management Coalition Sets Phase II Priorities

Aug 5, 2016 | | 0 |

Nearly 3,000 alarms: That’s how many notifications just one patient set off in a little over a day while being continuously monitored during a study conducted at the Virtua Health System. When you factor in that nurses can be responsible for four to six patients during the day and seven to 10 during the night shift, it’s no wonder the condition known as “alarm fatigue” has become a serious problem in hospitals.

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RamSoft, Scannerside Offer CT Dose Module

RamSoft, Scannerside Offer CT Dose Module

Jul 27, 2016 | | 0 |

RamSoft and Scannerside have teamed up to offer a CT Dose Module that provides real-time radiation dose tracking, reporting, and analytics. This is timely, since recent CT dose regulations in California, Connecticut, and Texas, in addition to increased public attention and regulatory focus on imaging-related radiation exposure, require imaging providers to be even more careful about radiation-dose tracking.

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