With The Joint Commission’s mandate to improve management of alarms now in effect, hospitals are now going all out to inventory their systems. To establish alarm management as an organizational priority, top hospital leadership must set the tone.
Read MoreThe annual Winter Meeting of the Virginia Biomedical Association will be held on Friday, February 7, at the Wintergreen Resort. The featured speaker at the event is Joseph Flannery, MS, MHA, discussing new developments at The Joint Commission.
Read MoreThe National Quality Forum and The Joint Commission have announced the recipients of the 2013 John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety and Quality Awards. Winners will be recognized February 13, 2014, in Washington, DC.
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Faced with the prospect of stagnation, in 2008 the leaders of the Indiana Biomedical Society chose to seek out new leadership from a younger generation. As a result, they have set the foundation for the new technology and the new communication strategies needed to take the group to the next level.
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Patient safety is one of the topics in the certification in clinical engineering (CCE) examination under the area of "Risk Management/Safety." This section of the exam makes up about 10% of the CCE examination questions.
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