Power Outages Are Increasing. Can Medical Equipment Users Adapt?
Climate change and aging power grids are causing more outages, endangering those whose lives depend on complex home-based medical equipment, reports Undark.
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Broken Ventilators Add Momentum to ‘Right to Repair’ Movement
Right to Repair advocates say only allowing certain medical equipment repairs to be done by manufacturers has long been a problem, but broken ventilators during the COVID-19 pandemic brought the topic to the forefront and could help pass legislation, reports Bloomberg.
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Medtronic Launches Pediatric Monitor That Alerts Clinicians to Potential Airway Obstructions During Ventilation
Medtronic plc announces the U.S. commercial launch of the SonarMed pediatric airway monitoring system, which utilizes acoustic technology to check for endotracheal tube obstruction and verify position in real-time.
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Let’s Hear It for HTM!
From May 16-23, the industry will celebrate Healthcare Technology Management (HTM) Week, which celebrates the critical work HTM professionals do on a daily basis. So, let’s hear it for HTM!
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BMET Apprenticeship Program Secures First Official Partner
The new AAMI BMET Apprenticeship Program is off and running, thanks to Jackson, Tenn.-based ReNew Biomedical Services. ReNew signed on with AAMI in April to become its first official partner in the one-of-a-kind program.
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