Disability KaR a global not-for-profit whose goal is to promote good health in developing countries has released a series of six (6) management guides geared towards Healthcare Technology Management or as its called in our neck of the woods Biomed/Clinical Engineering Management.
The guides are meant to help improve the effectiveness of Healthcare Technology Management tasks [...]

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AAMI’s TMC (Technology Management Council) has released a new Biomed Brochure to be used to help recruit new people to this wonderful profession.
The brochure makes for a nice read, I even learnt a few new things. You can download a pdf version of the brochure or order to have them shipped to you by visiting http://www.aami.org/tmcconnect/promoting.html.
About the [...]

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A Biomed Graduate student is running a survey to determine how invasive BMETs are in other parts of the healthcare environment (CS and IC) and their role and function in the accreditation process and its impact on patent care and safety.
You can find the survey here: BMET Survey. SURVEY LINK AVAILABLE UNTIL November 21, 2008 (8 [...]

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Jason Nguyen over at the University of Utah Engineering School has put together instructions on how to build your own EKG machine for $4.23 using your computer and a couple of components. Jason does present a nice question: If its possible to build an EKG for under $5 and any computer… why do medical devices [...]

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This has got to be the most expensive and longest PM of all time.
In order to get their Gamma Knife operating, Wesley Medical Center in Whichita, Kansas needs to get a refill of its COBALT supply.
In order to replace the COBALT, Wesley Medical is flying in Swedish technicians to replace the COBALT which will take four weeks [...]

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Anthony Chan has written a new Biomed Device Technology Textbook titled: BIOMEDICAL DEVICE TECHNOLOGY: Principles and Design. Published by the Charles C Thomas publishing company. the 594 page book retails for $114.95 for the hardcover edition and $84.95 for the softcover.
Heres the description and table of contents:
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For many years, the tools available to physicians were limited [...]

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A new Biomed site launched over the weekend. Hosted on Squidoo, the site titled “Biomedical Services: Maintaining essential medical equipment for hospitals & physicians” has a great over view of the Biomed/Clinical Engineering field.
Check it out, I’m sure you will be as impressed as I was!
Biomedical Services: Maintaining essential medical equipment for hospitals & [...]

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JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association published a study titled “Electromagnetic Interference From Radio Frequency Identification Inducing Potentially Hazardous Incidents in Critical Care Medical Equipment” that raises the concern that RFID (Radio-Frequency Identification) Tags can cause “potential hazardous incidents” in medical equipment.
Here is the study abstract:
“Electromagnetic Interference From Radio Frequency Identification Inducing Potentially Hazardous Incidents in [...]

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Fluke Biomedical a division of the Fluke Corporation has released a new version of its Ansur Test Automation System which is compatible with Windows Vista.
“Ansur software makes creation and streamlining of standard work possible for medical device inspections (whether for preventive maintenance—PM—or post-repair quality assurance) using a single human interface no matter how many different mainframe [...]

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CardioArm, a snakelike surgical robot developed at Carnegie Mellon University will allow surgeons to perform critical cardiac procedures through one tiny incision.
“The curved robot has a series of joints that automatically adjust to follow the course plotted by the robot’s head. This provides greater precision than a flexible endoscope can offer. “It’s certainly easier to [...]

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