Knowledge earned from scientific discovery is how a discipline advances and matures, Larry Fennigkoh argues—and it is how the clinical engineering and entire HTM community can best defend itself against those who question its tremendous worth and value to healthcare.
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Gradian Health Systems is a nonprofit social enterprise that seeks to improve access to surgical and anesthesia care worldwide. Based in New York with a global network stretching from the United Kingdom to Southeast Asia to sub-Saharan Africa, the Gradian team manufactures, sells, maintains, and trains users to operate the Universal Anaesthesia Machine.
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Rigel Medical has extended its range of test instrumentation for biomedical equipment with the introduction of the Rigel VenTest 800 ventilator tester. The gas flow analyzer works for both benchtop and field service testing of all commonly available ventilators to verify that the ongoing accuracy and reliability of the equipment remains within the required performance standards.
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As a biomed, bringing your talent to a developing world hospital that is struggling for sound medical equipment can be an intensely satisfying experience. For those who are thinking about making a medical mission trip to the developing world for the first time, partnering with an organization that can help prepare supplies and contacts is key to a successful experience.
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The history of healthcare technology management has two sides: “before the introduction of complex information technology to the point of care” and “after,” says Rick Schrenker. But no matter how the field evolves, at least one thing hasn’t changed, or shouldn’t. Only CE/HTM is equipped with the perspective and experience to ensure the safe application of technology at the point of care.
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