Clinical Alarm Management: Bringing the Buzz Under Control
Effective clinical alarm management requires a multipronged approach to address the disparate factors behind excessive alarms and the fatigue they cause.
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Case Study: Collaboration Leads to a Clinical Alarms Solution
How James Piepenbrink’s department of clinical engineering at Boston Medical Center worked with a multidisciplinary task force to implement a successful alarm management program.
Read MoreCMIA 2015: Data Show Scope of Clinical Alarms Problem
Using data from its client hospitals, Excel Medical Electronics has found striking evidence of the scope of excessive clinical alarms, Paul McGurgan said at the 2015 CMIA annual meeting.
Read MoreCMIA 2015: Hospitals More Closely Scrutinized
In a January 17 session at the 2015 annual meeting of the California Medical Instrumentation Association in San Diego, Deborah LeMay of TriMedx noted that regulatory scrutiny of hospitals has increased significantly.
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Becoming Certified and the Laboratory Environment
ICC Prep columnist John Noblitt reviews the key organizations, the basic requirements, and the best practices involved in working with clinical laboratory equipment and departments.
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