CE-IT Community the joint project by AAMI, ACCE, and HIMSS has released what i guess you can call a powerpoint presentation of their townhall meeting.
CE-IT Townhall Meeting
They have also release information about their survey and its results. The survey which surveyed 470 CE and IT professionals was developed to identify the needs facing the respective [...]

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24X7 Magazine has an article by David Meador, CBET titled “Troubleshoot This - 10 steps to faster problem solving”.
I guess the time has come for someone to have written a Troubleshooting Checklist specially for Biomeds.
Truth is if I had a nickle for the amount of times one of these ten has been the cause of the [...]

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The FDA issued a Public Health Notification last week warning of the potential risk of Device Malfunction caused by CT Scans.
Apparently, CT scans can cause internal and external medical devices to malfunction. This is due to the x-ray being emitted as part of the CT Scan; and the higher the setting/dose, the greater the risk of causing [...]

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The Medical Design Excellence Awards (MDEA)competition is the premier awards program for the medical technology community, recognizing the achievements of medical product manufacturers and the many people behind the scenes—engineers, scientists, designers, and clinicians—who are responsible for the groundbreaking innovations that are changing the face of healthcare.
2008 Winners include:

Netguard Wireless ECG System by Datascope

E4D Dentist [...]

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MIT’s Technology Review Blog has a wonderful post arguing for the developement of interactive plug & play medical devices that can communicate, collaberate and assess patient status.
Julian Goldman, director of the Center for Integration of Medicine and Innovative Technology’s Medical Device Interoperability Program, presents two examples of how interactive medical devices can increase patient safety.

Integrated Ventilator: A [...]

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Register for the CE-IT Town Hall Meeting Webcast taking place July 15th, 2008 at 1pm EST.
Register CE-IT Town Hall Meeting

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The CE-IT Collaborative by ACCE, AAMI, and HIMSS has launched a new website titled “CE-IT Community: A Clinical Engineering/IT Collaboration.
About The CE-IT Community:
In February 2008, leaders of the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI), the American College of Clinical Engineering (ACCE), and the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) joined forces to [...]

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The Baltimore Sun reports that the FDA with Computer Programmers and IT Experts have found the medical equipment malfunction my not be caused by poorly designed of badly made device, but rather due to faulty programmed code operating the device.
From the Baltimore Sun Article:
“After a routine piece of medical equipment started mysteriously killing hospital patients [...]

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As Biomeds our main function is to promote and ensure patient safety… one vital aspect of our profession is minimizing the risk of legal liability to our employers and clients. So what do you do if your client or employer is being sued due to medical equipment malfunction, and you are being called on to testify in [...]

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Happy 4th of July to all!
Heres hoping you dont get paged/called in for an emergency repair!
Especially if its only ’cause some nurse didn’t check to make sure the unit was plugged in before calling you frantically!
Have a great weekend!

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