According to the US Department of Labor, there are only about 29,000 workers who are labeled as “medical equipment repairers,” with growth expected to be approximately 14,000 over the next 10 years. This statistic for the number of workers, given the quantity of medical devices and systems, was much lower than I expected. Part of […]
Read MoreIn the June 2006 issue of 24×7, Ray Zambuto and I explained the Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE) and IHE patient care device domain activities. While it has made huge progress each year, the IHE program—formally started in 1998—has not yet become the “standard of care” for health care providers or manufacturers because there are […]
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Following the philosophy set by the Queen who founded the hospital in 1859, the biomed department has become a vital resource in the facility.
Read MoreMost hospital staffers understand that the M in MRI stands for “magnetic,” and they know that magnets attract metal. They have also heard about the disasters involving magnetic resonance imaging equipment, such as patients being struck, pinned, or lacerated by a ferromagnetic object pulled into the equipment’s powerful magnet. Those objects have included oxygen bottles, […]
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