Themed “Healthcare Technology at the Crossroads,” the annual meeting of the Clinical Engineering Association of Illinois (CEAI) will be held August 19–20, 2015 at the Drury Lane Conference Center in Oakbrook Terrace, Ill.
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The Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI) announced on June 5 that its annual conference in Denver last weekend had registered 2,032 attendees, a new record for the event. If you weren’t one of those attendees, 24×7 offers this convenient review of the show.
Read MoreExtension Healthcare will showcase Extension Engage, its alarm management platform designed to reduce clinical interruptions, at the AAMI conference in Denver June 5–8. The system was recently successfully adopted by St Joseph Hospital in Denver.
Read MoreIn a June 7 session, HTM veterans Stephen Grimes, Malcolm Ridgway, and Arif Subhan will discuss how to comply with new CMS requirements for equipment maintenance and how the community can build a case for changing those rules.
Read MoreRoutine electrical safety testing remains a given at most hospitals around the country, but that might soon be a thing of the past, says Matt Baretich, PhD, author of the AAMI Electrical Safety Manual, 2015: A Comprehensive Guide to Electrical Safety Standards for Healthcare Facilities. Along with offering practical tips, charts, and resources, the volume highlights some important but under-publicized changes to NFPA 99, the safety code governing healthcare facilities.
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