Nick Martin By all accounts, Nick Martin is a typical biomed. He works as an on-site biomedical engineering service engineer at a 200-bed private hospital, working with GE, Spacelabs Healthcare, and Philips equipment, and ever increasing his synergy with IT. The only difference is that Martin lives half a world away in Queensland, Australia. Like […]
Read More
L-R: David Harrington, PhD, and Sam Downing, CEO, Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare System, Salinas, Calif, mount a monitor. L-R: Nurse Dottie Harrington and Ray Schmitt, Assist International, set up a Philips bedside monitor in the emergency room. During a biomedical mission trip to India in 1992, David Harrington, PhD, a health care consultant from Medway, […]
Read More
Paul Tessier In 2000, the founders of Radianse, Andover, Mass, were determined to make real-time location cost-effective and integral for tracking and monitoring equipment and patients in health care facilities. The company’s location-enabled applications help fine-tune the life cycle for purchasing and tracking equipment, boosting throughput, and enhancing patient care. Its client roster includes Brigham […]
Read More
Centrifuges are one of the low-level lab equipment items that fall under a biomed’s purview. Biomeds have traditionally found clinical laboratories intimidating places—a view justified by the large amount of biohazardous materials, technical scientific jargon, and sophisticated pieces of equipment. But just as gloves and goggles can offer physical protection, education and knowledge provide a […]
Read MoreCount on changes as IHE implementation progresses— get involved now and let your voice be heard
Read More