Forty-Five Years After ‘The Burned-Out Clinical Engineer,’ What Has Changed?
Larry Fennigkoh reflects on what he got right in 1981, what he would revise today, and why self-awareness still matters.
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Workforce Shortages Prompt Shifts in How Teams Are Built and Sustained
HTM leaders are building new programs and pipelines to sustain teams amid mounting workforce shortages.
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Developing HTM’s Next Leaders
As a whole generation prepares for retirement, the HTM industry grapples with developing leaders and filling important roles.
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Forty-Five Years After ‘The Burned-Out Clinical Engineer,’ What Has Changed?
Larry Fennigkoh reflects on what he got right in 1981, what he would revise today, and why self-awareness still matters.
How RTLS Benefits Healthcare Operations and Reduces Costs
Internet of Things technologies such as real-time location systems (RTLS) provide the support resource-constrained healthcare teams need most, according to one individual in the know. Here is how.
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A New KPI for the HTM Field
In an era where encouragement of teams is essential, we may be too caught up in letting traditional KPIs dictate HTM decisions, maintains Jeffrey Ruiz, CHTM.
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Nearly 30% of U.S. Hospitals Seeing Critical Staffing Shortages Amid Omicron Surge
The surge of new COVID-19 cases—led by the Omicron variant—are exacerbating ongoing staffing shortages at U.S. Hospitals.
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Kaiser Healthcare Workers Picket to Support Striking Hospital Engineers
SEIU-UHW union members in Northern California—who have been tasked with maintaining key medical devices such as ventilators—are protesting short staffing and threats to patient care at Kaiser Permanente.
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Planning for Succession
With 10,000 baby boomers reaching retirement age every day and an increasing demographic shift from mechanical and hands-on professions, many healthcare organizations are finding it increasingly difficult to staff their biomed departments. Here, three HTM leaders share how they’re helping to find the next generation of talent.
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Confronting the BMET Staffing Shortage
In this month’s Up Front column, 24×7 associate editor Chuck Holt notes how an aging workforce and a dearth of educational opportunities are creating a shortage of CE/HTM staff across the country.
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TriMedx Foundation Names New Director
TriMedx Foundation, a nonprofit medical mission focused on addressing the international need for medical equipment repair and support, has named Audra Poe as its new director. In this role, Poe will lead the foundation team and volunteers.