2017 HIMSS Enterprise Davies Award recipient Memorial Hermann, a Texas-based health system, has exemplified the successful use of health IT systems to substantially improve patient outcomes by implementing and monitoring IT interventions to ensure that all its patients receive safe, high-quality care, according to HIMSS officials.
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Everett, Wash.-based Fluke Biomedical has introduced the VT650 and VT900 Gas Flow Analyzers, which include one-channel, full-range air flow functionality that streamlines testing. The VT650 and VT900 offer accuracy and reliability for gas flow and respiratory medical equipment testing, including all types of ventilators, flow meters, pressure gauges, anesthesia, and other machines.
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According to new research from MarketsandMarkets, the global ventilator market is projected to surge from its current $859.9 million valuation to $1.261 billion by 2023, growing at a compound annual growth rate of 8%.
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24×7 Magazine chief editor Keri Forsythe-Stephens sat down with five members of the Beaumont Health clinical engineering team—John Fragomeni, CBET, CHFM, system vice president of support services; Daniel Zimba, senior director of biomedical/clinical engineering; lead technician Phil Sabo; biomedical engineer Matt Sikora, BMET; and biomedical engineer Geoffrey Smith, CBET—to learn what sets the Southeastern Michigan-based department apart.
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One of the questions the U.S. FDA asked in its 2016 Request for Comments was: “What information do third-party entities need in order to perform…the safe and effective operation of medical devices?” Not surprisingly, both manufacturers and third-parties organizations cited service manuals—although some manufacturers seem reluctant to release such information. Here, Binseng Wang spells out the reasons some OEMs are giving to defend their actions.
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