Now that the January 1, 2016 deadline to implement the second phase of The Joint Commission’s National Patient Safety Goal concerning clinical alarm management has passed, hospital leaders reflect on the road ahead.
Read MoreThe FDA has announced the agency’s new Draft Guidance, which outlines a system for alerting the public to possible safety issues with medical devices before the agency has investigated whether a serious risk actually exists. The agency is accepting comments in advance of issuing a final version of the guidance, which can be submitted until February 29 on its Regulations webpage.
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Many subtle factors can affect your IV pump testing results, causing them to vary from day to day or even during the same day. Controlling as many of these factors as possible, both large and small, can dramatically increase the consistency of infusion pump test results and help to make any real performance anomaly stand out.
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Ask ten different biomeds what’s most challenging about their job, and chances are you’ll end up with ten different answers. 24×7 asked three industry veterans for their expert opinions on the most important issues facing the healthcare technology management field, and then boiled down their thoughts to arrive at a “top 10.” Among their responses? Ensuring supportability, creating actionable data, and increasing training in “systems thinking.”
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New tools are emerging in the healthcare space that are so full of potential, it’s anyone’s guess what their impact may be. Some of these trends may prove to be fleeting, or merely a stepping stone to something else, but others may ultimately transform the entire industry.
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