Data Quality Management (DQM) is the newest name for a process that has been around for a very long time. DQM is a technique for authenticating, maintaining, and disseminating accurate, comprehensive data vital in medical equipment inventories and for quality control administration. I label DQM as a simple mathematical equation: Garbage in equals garbage out. […]
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Data collection increases as technology advances, with imaging alone generating terabytes of data. From the moment of hospital admission to discharge, patients generate data. As hospitals go increasingly digital, so does information—not just patient demographics, but also imaging, diagnostic, monitoring, and treatment data. “If you want to look at what IT has for our location, […]
Read MoreThe FDA reports that certain types of power cords used with medical devices may be at increased safety risk for sparking, charring, and fires. Device manufacturers Hospira Inc and Abbott Nutrition have sent the FDA 122 reports related to power cord p
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A look at the cultural shift the FDA is fostering through increased communication and collaboration Nancy Pressly In July 2008, the FDA’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) quite literally entered the Matrix. It was then that the federal organization, responsible for regulating medical devices sold in the United States, went live with its […]
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Raymond Peter Zambuto Three years ago, 24×7 began a column called “Tech Talk” by Dennis Minsent, MSBE, CCE, CBET, director, clinical technology services, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Ore, to give a monthly capsulation of different aspects of the IT side of medical devices and technology. In August 2007, the column was extended to […]
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