Chief Editor Keri Forsythe-Stephens wrote this editorial on the eve of the presidential election—an election that has been divisive, heated, and downright dramatic at times. But regardless of which candidate you supported (Spoiler alert: By the time you read this, you will know who the 45th president of the United States is.), one fact remains: The policies endorsed by the next POTUS could have strong implications for the healthcare sector.
Read MoreOnce again, there is gnashing of teeth over HTM programs closing. And, once again, the same solution is trotted out: The industry needs to raise awareness among high school and college students to create additional supply, maintains Massachusetts General Hospital Systems Engineering Manager Rick Schrenker. But is inadequate supply of skilled staff the full story? What about the nature of demand, Schrenker poses?
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As more people who work in biomed retire or creep toward retirement age, filling and retaining such HTM jobs will become more difficult. Some staffing firms are looking for solutions to this growing issue by partnering more closely with educational institutions or focusing on networking to keep the talent pipeline flowing.
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Carlos Villafañe, CBET, CET, found his way to the biomedical field via electronics. Now, Villafañe—a biomedical equipment technician at Tampa Bay, Fla’s BayCare Health System—has worked his way up the health care technology management ladder to become the 2016 recipient of the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation’s (AAMI’s) and GE Healthcare’s Biomedical Equipment Technician of the Year award.
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As if we needed reminding, last week’s AAMI Conference & Expo in Tampa, Fla., made it clear that the healthcare technology management (HTM) field is undergoing constant and rapid change. And none of us—24×7 included—is a stranger to those trends.
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