The Ebola outbreak has focused new attention on the crucial role of sterilization and disinfection in healthcare. Cynthia Spry, an independent clinical consultant and co-chair of AAMI’s Steam Sterilization Hospital Practices Working Group; Donna Swenson, president of Sterile Processing Quality Services, Inc., and an active member of several standards committees; and Joe Lewelling, vice president of standards development and emerging technologies at AAMI, talk about the challenges posed by Ebola, as well as the overall sterilization landscape in modern healthcare.

Sponsored by: HIGHPOWER

Produced By: AAMI and Healthcare Tech Talk

Three veteran clinical engineers talk about how healthcare technology management (HTM) departments can move forward and make themselves even more valuable to their organizations. Frank Painter, a professor at the University of Connecticut, Matt Baretich, who runs his own consulting business, and Ted Cohen, manager of clinical engineering at the University of California Davis Medical Center, are the architects of AAMI’s new HTM Levels Guide, which promises to be a fundamental tool for every HTM department in the country.

Sponsored by Fluke Biomedical

Hours, even days, could be spent on the subject of ventilator technology and all of its challenges, innovations, and nuances.  This episode we sit down with three industry experts to discuss the complications associated with ventilator technology innovations outpacing the standards needed for them.  The tremendous movement of ventilator technology in the last decade coupled with the void of a universal vocabulary has resulted in the absence of standardized modes and nomenclature essential to medical device communication.  This lack of standardization rattles practitioners; ability to transition from one ventilator to another, interrupts workflow, and can potentially impact patient safety and outcomes.  Listen to learn more about efforts being made to change the current landscape and unify ventilator technology.

Sponsored by: Philips Healthcare www.philips.com

Produced by: The Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation

in partnership with Healthcare Tech Talk.

We are joined by Mary Logan, Pesident and CEO of the Association for the Advancement of Medcial Intrumentation (AAMI), for the launch of the new AAMI podcast series.  Mary talks with us about the decision to add a podcast series to round out AAMI's comprehensive information delivery platform, discuss some of AAMI's involvemnts and events, and in typical Mary style - through her own personal investment - bring to light a topic of significant healthcare technology management concern.

Sponsored by: Healthmark www.hmark.com

Produced by The Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation

in partnership with Healthcare Tech Talk