One Life, One Flag, One Mile Project America Run After over 8 months of marathon plus days, Mike Ehredt’s amazing personal tribute to over 6,550 fallen US Servicemen and women ended on Veterans Day, November 11, 2012, in Galveston, Texas, at 1:30 PM.  In 2010, Mike ran from Astoria, OR, to Rockland, ME, and placed… Continue reading Something Different On Friday

Contributed by: Facethewind Tutorial on how to repair a very common cause of failure in LCD monitors — failed capacitors.  This monitor is a V7 D22W12 (22″ TFT LCD monitor). This particular one was being thrown out because it no longer displayed a picture.  When connected to a computer, it would show an image briefly,… Continue reading Replacing Capacitors to Repair a 22″ LCD Monitor

And Add Value To Your Facility Published August 21, 2014 DOTmed daily news Not enough has been written about the incredible level of skill it takes for clinical engineers to survive in healthcare today. Biomeds are constantly balancing competing goals in an environment where value-based purchasing is the new direction, but difficult to achieve. A… Continue reading How To Get The Most Out Of Your Service Providers

Dear Healthcare Technology Management Association of Ohio, This email is going to multiple emailing lists… We need 15 to 20 interconnect cables that connect the monitor to the module housing to install the 4-bed NICU and 13 bed ICU in Coban, Guatemala in October. If you have any of these we could use them when… Continue reading HP Veridia Interconnect Cables Needed

And Safety Assurance Cases Webinar – Thursday, August 28, 2014 @ 11:00 am Eastern The FDA recently reported that class I recalls have increased from an average of 25 per year before 2008 to 50 in 2011 and 57 in 2012 (1). A class I recall is a situation in which there is a reasonable… Continue reading Medical Device Risk Management

HIMSS Webinars Hone your skills…gain insights into the latest industry opportunities…learn from experts. HIMSS provides education that focuses on the hottest industry topics. Here’s a quick preview of what’s coming up in the next few weeks… Featured Webinar 8/26 2:00 pm Eastern Office 365: Using a Secure, Compliant Cloud to Transform Email, Communication & Collaboration… Continue reading HIMSS Webinar Digest

MIT Creates New Surveillance Technology Using Bag Of Chips. CLICK HERE to view this 2 minute 7 second YouTube video.    

Spectrum Analyzer? Contributed By: w2aew This tutorial video gives the basics of the typical amplitude units used on a spectrum analyzer.  It gives a basic description of the electronic definition of the decibel (dB), some of the properties of the dB, why it is used.  It describes that the dB is a relative measurement.  These… Continue reading What is a dB, dBm, dBu, dBc, etc. on a

FREE TechNation Webinar Wednesday Replay This webinar was originally held on: Wednesday, August 13th @ 2:00pm Eastern This Presentation by Richard Gerler, provided the benefits of using the ultrasound modality as an entry point to building an in-house imaging engineering team.  The specifics benefits of the ultrasound service delivery model that make this an ideal… Continue reading Ultrasound as a Migration Path to Imaging Self-service

Dear Healthcare Technology Management Association of Ohio, In our efforts to install a 4-bed NICU and 13 bed ICU in Coban, Guatemala in October, we would like to mount the HP/Agilent/Philips Veridia Monitors on the wall. We have plenty of wall brackets, and a dozen Arms, but need some additional items. Some of you may… Continue reading GCX Parts and Pieces Needed

Are You Ready? FREE Webinar – Wednesday, August 20, 2014 @ 2:00 pm Eastern New global design standards for medical tubing connectors are being released and include new connectors for enteral, neuraxial and respiratory devices.  Starting with enteral feeding and the new ENFit connector by the end of this year, these new design standards will… Continue reading New Standards For Medical Tubing Connectors

Webinar – Tuesday, August 19, 2014 @ 1:00 pm Eastern IUSS has become routine because of surgeon demands, lack of resources such as instruments, equipment, tools, time and planning. All of these affect the ability of the facility to follow medical device manufacturer’s instructions for use and recommended practices. The result is short cuts being… Continue reading Best Practices in Immediate Use Steam Sterilization

Can Your Horse Do This? This horse isn’t moving based on his maser’s commands… he is dancing based on his friend’s guidance. CLICK HERE to view thus 8 minute 12 second YouTube video.    

Contributed By: rbarrioss Some of the 80’s HP/Agilent Test equipment uses this pushbutton switches (HP P/N 5060-9436), which may get quite hard to push, with a nasty feeling of being stuck. There is a steel strip, used as detent spring that may be susceptible to crease and, in the worst case, pop out of the… Continue reading HP Test Equipment Repair – “STICKY BUTTONS”

FDA and EU Issues Webinar – Thursday, August 14, 2014 @ 11:00 am Eastern With the increasing complexity of medical devices, device product recalls, and the growth of adverse events, manufacturers are facing the ever increasing challenge of making sure that a stringent process is in place for medical device risk assessment. This webinar will… Continue reading Current Issues in Medical Device Risk Management

Ultrasound As A Migration Path To Imaging Self-Service FREE Webinar – Wednesday, August 13th, 2014 @ 2:00pm Eastern Presented by Richard Gerler, Director MVS Technical Operations at Philips Healthcare This webinar will provide the benefits of using the ultrasound modality as an entry point to building an in-house imaging engineering team. We will review the… Continue reading TechNation’s Webinar Wednesday

FREE Webinar – Wednesday, August 13, 2014 @ 11:30 am Eastern As more and more wireless technologies are used in healthcare, it becomes increasingly difficult to sort out what it all means. This session is an opportunity to fill in the gaps in your knowledge in an informal setting. If you don’t know the difference… Continue reading FAQs On Wireless Technologies

SR-71 Supersonic Blackbird How to fly the world’s fastest airplane Imagine seeing one of these things flying in the 1960’s? You would think it was a spaceship from outer space. CLICK HERE to view this 5 minute 21 second YouTube video.    

The Best Way to Prevent Outsourcing of HTM by Patrick Lynch Published Friday, August 1, 2014 – TechNation Magazine Why are so many HTM (aka Biomed or Clinical Engineering) departments being outsourced?  There are basically two reasons.  First, there are some lazy managers who fail to keep up with the latest technology.  They are content… Continue reading Keeping Excellent Records

Contributed By: Gerry Sweeney A series of videos (Six) documenting the teardown and repair of various electronic test and other equipment. CLICK HERE  to go to the YouTube video selection webpage.  

Good morning, I saw your recent blog post promoting our Webinar Wednesday series. Thank you for your support of our monthly series. Our August 6th webinar had to be postponed due to a scheduling conflict for our presenter. Our next webinar is August 13th. You can find the details here. l Jayme McKelvey Sales Advisor… Continue reading Webinar Wednesday August 6th Postponed

tbaker1087 posted: "[app_audio src="http://traffic.libsyn.com/healthtechtalk/HTT_Episode_21.mp3"%5D http://www.HealthcareTechTalk.com Feedback line:317-214-0504 The goal of health information exchange (HIE) is to improve the quality, safety and efficiency of care delivery by making" New post on Healthcare Tech Talk Episode 21 – Health information exchange (HIE), expanding the information superhighway to achieve better care coordination [app_audio src="http://traffic.libsyn.com/healthtechtalk/HTT_Episode_21.mp3"%5D http://www.HealthcareTechTalk.com Feedback line:317-214-0504 The… Continue reading HIE Expanding The Information Superhighway

Clinical Alarms And Alarm Fatigue Wednesday, August 6th, 2014 @ 2:00pm Eastern This 90 minute webinar will feature Dr. Purna Prasad, PhD., MS., BE., CCE of Stanford University Medical Center. The webinar will show that majority of the clinical alarms are false. Answering false alarms results in alarm fatigue for the clinicians.  Excess false alarms… Continue reading TechNation’s Webinar Wednesday August 6th

Happy Hour In Africa Life is good for these African Animals in this lush river basin and as a result many of them have become “slobs and easy riders”.  They give new meaning to the term Fat, Dumb, and Happy.  These wild animals sure know how to have a good time when Happy Hour comes… Continue reading Something Different On Friday