Data Up, Volume Down: Device Integration Meets Alarm Management
For Huntington Memorial Hospital, Pasadena, Calif, integrating data with electronic medical records also entails determining how best to manage alarm notifications.
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One Recipe to Reduce Alarm Fatigue: Let People Be Creative
A leader in the effort to limit alarm fatigue and better manage clinical alarms systems, The Johns Hopkins Hospital is encouraging staff to develop creative approaches to the problem.
Read MoreNational Alarm Safety Meeting Generates Debate on Data
The first-ever meeting of the National Coalition for Alarm Management Safety in April generated some debate about alarm safety data and a plan to develop documents to help build “high-reliability organizations” in healthcare.
Read MoreFrom Mechanics to Management: Will Biomedical Education Keep Up?
As the medical equipment maintenance profession moves away from the mechanics of technology and places more emphasis on the management of technology, today’s biomedical technician needs a broader range of skills. Are education programs keeping pace?
Read More2014 CMIA Vendor Fair
Several chapters of the CMIA will be holding a vendor fair on June 20-21 at the Crowne Plaza hotel in Concord, Calif. Topics covered in the educational sessions of the event include ultrasound, EMT leakage, defibrillator preventive maintenance, ventilator maintenance, and test equipment calibration.
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