All this week we have been celebrating Healthcare Technology Management Week in Ohio and it is a great honor for our organization to have the opportunity to send you this special greeting:

“Thank you and

Congratulations

for a job

well done”

We send this message to all of our members and associates no matter what your HTM job function is.  You are a part of a very large nationwide group of professionals working hard to serve the healthcare community.  For this you are being recognized during this celebration all week long.  We wish you the very best for the coming year.

Healthcare Technology Management Association of Ohio

http://www.htma-oh.org/

htma.oh@gmail.com

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 Week In Ohio

TaskMaster is a standalone equipment repair and maintenance database system running on recent versions’ of Windows.  It can be used as a comprehensive workplace for supporting the repair and maintenance of technical equipment.

The program carries out all the traditional equipment maintenance routines, including job reporting, fault and action coding, parts stock control etc. and the various interactions between these functions.

It uses straight forward .dbf and .txt files, which are robust, well supported, easily read, and readily exported to other applications.

TaskMaster was originally a DOS program, written in FoxPro.  Its dBASE legacy dates back to some very old equipment maintenance projects.  The current Windows version was coded in Visual FoxPro.

If you are too busy to spend long hours writing your own medical equipment maintenance program, we hope that you find this program useful.  TaskMaster is simple, robust, intuitive, and practical – doing the job without fuss or frills.  It is aimed at easing your load a little and helping get the work done!

CLICK HERE  to view the All About TaskMaster PDF file document.

CLICK HERE  to view the Screen Shots PDF file document.

CLICK HERE  to log in on the Main Website.

Go to MEMBERS ONLY area to download the TaskMaster Program files as an 8.02 MB ZIP file..  NOTE: You must be a member of HTMA-OH (formerly OCEA) to complete this ZIP file download.

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This comprehensive publication covers issues ranging from accident investigation and radiation therapy to disaster planning and medical device troubleshooting.

It features 142 chapters, authored by experts in the field, who examine topics such as telemedicine, information systems management, imaging devices, picture archiving and communication systems, Joint Commission accreditation, advanced diagnostics, wireless medical telemetry, virtual instrumentation, and regulations.

This publication also explores the role of clinical engineering in several countries around the world, discusses best practice and future prospects in clinical engineering, and education and training initiatives.

This is an ideal reference guide for hospitals, classrooms, workshops, and other organizations.

This book, which is over six hundred pages, was written by Joseph F. Dyro, president of the Biomedical Resource Group in New York.

CLICK HERE  to download a PDF File version of this book.

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Mobile Health’ s Impact:

 The Most Rapid Transformation in Healthcare Today

This FREE Virtual Forum to be held Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Mobile health is here and in demand from both physicians and consumers.  Mobile technology is offering opportunities for access to healthcare information in real-time never realized before and mHealth’s annual growth is exponential.  Challenges to keep up with the ever changing landscape of mobile technology is a daily battle, as policy and reimbursement are still being chartered.  In this virtual briefing, mHIMSS offers practical strategies into technology and policy for mHealth adoption as early adopters share their experience and insights.

Please complete the following information to register for the HIMSS Virtual Forum “mHealth’ s Impact: The Most Rapid Transformation in Healthcare Today”.  Registrants will receive access to all areas of the event, including:

- A topic-focused virtual meeting, from the comfort of your computer
- Live chat with attendees, exhibitors and speakers
- Group Chat in the Networking Lounge
- Downloadable content from the resource center to your tote bag
- On demand access to all content for 90 days following the event

CLICK HERE  for additional information and registration.

 Week In Ohio

The celebration of HTM Week in Ohio this year begins a whole new pattern of thinking.  We are very pleased to announce our new organization name:

Welcome to the HTMA-OH
Healthcare Technology Management Association of Ohio
http://htma-oh.org/

It was in the spring of 2011 when a diverse group of thirty (30) industry professionals gathered for a two-day meeting to review where our field has been and where it should be going as it moves forward.  The group spent considerable time crafting a vision for the future, which includes the management of healthcare technologies that today are highly integrated and interoperable.  This meeting included animated discussions and passionate debates.  The name Healthcare Technology Management was selected because it not only includes what we do now but it also gives our field an opportunity to stretch and grow.  This professional group felt that this name was accurate, easily understood by the public and other healthcare workers, and allowed for much future expansion.

The newly developed vision includes, but is not limited to, a continued focus on safety, risk management, technical support of medical devices and clinical technologies, and financial stewardship. The vision also includes management of healthcare technologies that are highly integrated and interoperable. The vision drives the point that Healthcare Technology Management Professionals are fully integrated members of the healthcare delivery team, and have significant influence on the management of all healthcare technologies. In addition, the career growth path will be better defined, with a supportive educational infrastructure.

In the fall of 2012 a second meeting was held to further along this change process.  The group at this meeting agreed on a broad series of steps to advance the field, including recognizing a need for uniform job titles and descriptions.  There was a general consensus among those present that HTM professionals need to assert themselves in new ways and help guide their facilities through a landscape changing ever faster by technological advances.

Our Ohio Association is now asserting ourselves by adopting this new name.  We are guiding our members and associates through the fast technological advances and the ever expanding and changing landscape.  We expect overall organizational improvement and your support and participation which is essential for our success.

Welcome to the HTMA-OH
Healthcare Technology Management Association of Ohio!
http://htma-oh.org/

CLICK HERE  to view/download the Future Forum Presentation.

CLICK HERE  to view/download the Future Forum Map.

CLICK HERE  to view/download the Future Forum Final Report.

Technology

Management

Week In Ohio

Whereas, as technology in the medical field advances, healthcare facilities must keep pace by providing quality, well-trained professionals capable of understanding the complexity of the healthcare technological equipment operation and applications; and

Whereas, the complexity of these healthcare equipment technologies today and in the future makes it essential that those individuals responsible for the maintenance and care, safety, and accuracy of this equipment are recognized as an invaluable resource to the healthcare industry; and

Whereas, biomedical equipment technicians, clinical engineers, and other healthcare equipment technology professionals uniquely serve patients, the medical community, and new technology development to improve the quality of today’s healthcare; and

Whereas, these professionals research, recommend, install, inspect, and repair medical devices and other complicated medical and technological systems, as well as advise and train others concerning the safe and effective use of these devices,
thereby controlling healthcare costs and improving patient safety; and

Whereas, the HTMA-OH Healthcare Technology Management Association of Ohio is a unique alliance of members and associates united by a common goal to increase the understanding and beneficial use of medical instrumentation and technological equipment systems, and

Whereas, HTMA-OH Healthcare Technology Management Association of Ohio seeks to advance the interests of biomedical equipment technicians, clinical engineers, and other healthcare equipment technology professionals; now

Therefore, HTMA-OH Healthcare Technology Management Association of Ohio does hereby proclaim May 19th thru 25th, 2013, as Healthcare Technology Management Week in Ohio.

 CLICK HERE to view/download the proclamation document.

Celebrate HTM

 Week In Ohio

Convert is a free and easy to use unit conversion program that will convert the most popular units of distance, temperature, volume, time, speed, mass, power, density, pressure, energy, and many others, including the ability to create custom conversions!

CLICK HERE to download version 4.10 as a ZIP file.

Celebrate HTM

 Week In Ohio

The Museum of Questionable Medical Devices has more than two hundred fifty (250) quack medical devices in the collection. Though a small museum, it features the largest display of quack devices in the U.S.  About two-thirds of our collection is on permanent loan from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the Bakken Library, the American Medical Association, and the St. Louis Science Center.  Other devices have been donated over the years by generous individuals and government consumer protection agencies.  The Collection now is in the hands of  The Science Museum of Minnesota.

Our on-line device collection features:

- ACU-DOT Magnetic Analgesic Patches
- Battle Creek Vibratory Chair
- Chiropractic Quackery:  The Toftness Radiation Detector
- Contemporary Quackery
- Electropathy
- Foot Operated Breast Enlarger Pump, 1976
- Gas Grill Igniters:  The Stimulator and the Crystaldyne Pain Reliever
- History of the Psychograph
- MacGregor Rejuvenator 1932
- Micro-Dynameter 1963
- Micro-dynameter Type A, 1936 
- Natural Eye Sight System
- Prostate Cures
- The Psychograph: An Antique Phrenology Machine
- Phlebotomy:  The Ancient Art of Bloodletting
- Quick Links to Electrical Quackery
- The Radium Case
- Radium Ore Revigator
- Relaxacisor
- Spectro-Chrome
- Shoe-Fitting X-ray Device
- The Timely Warning
- The Vibrometer
- Violet Ray Generators

CLICK HERE  to visit the device collection online.

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 Week In Ohio

Free C-Arm Buyer’s Guide for Purchasing Used and Refurbished C-Arms!  Find answers the following “Big Three” C-Arm questions:

1.Which C-Arm is right for me?
2.How can I be sure I’m getting a quality product?
3.How much is this going to cost me?

We have taken our collective experience of working with 100s of our own C-Arm customers, plus consulting with C-Arm dealers from around the globe and boiled it down to 20 pages of complete consumer empowerment.

In this C-Arm buyer’s guide you’ll learn about:

- Which I.I. size is used for different studies
- Image quality
- Questions to ask your C-Arm vendor
- Most important steps in C-Arm refurbishment process
- Price ranges for C-Arms

CLICK HERE  to go to the download registration page.

Block Imaging International, Incorporated
3475 Belle Chase Way
Lansing, MI 48911
(517) 668-8800

CLICK HERE  to go to the Block Imaging website homepage.

Each day during Healthcare Technology Management (HTM) Week (to be held May 19–25), AAMI and its Technology Management Council (TMC) will hold a special event in honor of the important work of HTM professionals including biomedical equipment technicians, clinical engineers, imaging specialists, lab equipment specialists, and others.

Below is a quick look at the celebrations and events planned for each day:

• On Monday, May 20, AAMI President Mary Logan will distribute a special message to kick-off the week. The message will include several complimentary resources that we think you’ll find valuable.
• On Tuesday, May 21, AAMI will host a free webinar on wireless security and robust wireless networks at 12:00 p.m. Eastern. To register for the session, click here.
• On Wednesday, May 22, AAMI will announce the winner of this year’s TMC Bright Ideas Award (formerly known as Best Practices Award). The department that wins this award also will be honored at AAMI 2013 Conference & Expo in Long Beach, CA.
• On Thursday, May 23, AAMI will announce the recipients of the 2013 AAMI Foundation Scholarships.
• Finally, on Friday, May 24, the facility that best celebrates HTM Week 2013 will be announced. If you haven’t already entered the contest, you can do so until Wednesday, May 15. Simply submit a brief description of how your department or facility plans to celebrate the week at this link.

For more information on HTM Week, including resources to help you celebrate, click here.