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HEALTH AND MEDICAL
RELATED GOVERNMENT SITES
Healthfinder
- a guide to healthcare
industry information
Healthfinder developed
by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services together with other
Federal agencies is a resource for finding
government and nonprofit healthcare industry, medical and human services
information on the Internet. See information on biomedical
test equipment and diagnostic
medical equipment such as CT scanners and kidney dialysis machines.
MedWatch Reporting
by Consumers
MedWatch
is the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) program for reporting serious
reactions and problems with medical
equipment and products, such as drugs and medical devices. If there
is a problem with a medical device you can report the problem with MedWatch
and contact a medical
equipment repair technician.
Device Advice
Device Advice
is an interactive system of information concerning medical devices including
but not limited to: Federal regulations, medical device reporting, medical
device recalls, listing a device and consumer information for medical
and biomedical equipment.
FDA Employment:
Engineer
FDA Employment
Opportunities site for FDA engineers serve as scientific reviewers
of data in a scientific specialty field such as biomedical
equipment technician to determine the safety and efficacy of medical
equipment. Duties consist primarily of evaluating scientific data, as
well as methods and descriptions of medical
test equipment contained in medical
equipment submissions from manufacturers to the agency.
HEALTHCARE
RELATED PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
AAMI: About the
Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation
The Association
for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI),
founded in 1967, is a unique alliance of nearly 6,000 members united by
the common goal of increasing the understanding of biomedical
equipment management and biomedical equipment use.
AAMI Standards
AAMI
is a source for timely information on medical
instrumentation, medical
equipment, and healthcare
technology, and a the primary resource for the standards used by biomedical
equipment technicians and the medical
equipment service technicians.
AAMI: ICC/USCC
Certification
AAMI
provides ICC/USCC
Certification programs that enhance the ability of the medical
equipment technicians, biomedical
equipment technicians, healthcare institutions, and the medical industry
to understand, develop, manage, and use medical instrumentation and related
technologies safely and effectively. Certification prepares technicians
for hospital
equipment repair, medical equipment repair and biomedical
equipment repair.
Cure - Connecticut's
BioScience Cluster
Cure is a not-for-profit
corporation firmly establishing Connecticut
as an internationally recognized center for bioscience
research and development. BioScience is one of the fastest-growing
field and it's flourishing in Connecticut. Within a few years, CURE established
itself as the information source for biomedical research in Connecticut.
Today, CURE has grown to nearly 110 members with highly qualified research
and developers using highly sophisticated biomedical equipment.
Cure provides information
on career
opportunities in many facets of the industry including biomedical
equipment repair, hospital
equipment repair and medical
equipment servicing.
Biomedical Engineering
Society
The Biomedical Engineering
Society was incorporated in Illinois on February 1, 1968 as a full
service professional society for biomedical
engineering and bioengineering. The Bioengineering Society promotes
the increase of biomedical engineering knowledge and its utilization.
The Bioengineering
society can help with information on career
planning in the biomedical field. A career
as a biomedical engineer includes working with other health care professionals
including physicians, nurses, therapists and biomedical equipment technicians.
Biomedical engineers
may be called upon in a wide range of capacities: to design instruments,
devices, and software, to bring together knowledge from many technical
sources to develop new procedures, test biomedical equipment or to conduct
research needed to solve clinical problems.
Hospitalconnect.com
>From the AHA, American Hospital
Association, Hospitalconnect.com
is a healthcare news portal featuring healthcare and medical
equipment news and information.
American Society
for Healthcare Engineering (ASHE)
American Society for Healthcare
Engineering (ASHE) is the advocate and resource for continuous improvement
in the health care engineering and facilities management professions.
ASHE represents nearly
6,000 facilities managers, biomedical
technicians and engineers, clinical engineers, biomedical
equipment management and professionals in the fields of health care
design, construction and safety.
AHA online Store
AHA Resource Center
is a centralized source for information on a wide range of health care
issues. Analysts, consultants, educators, researchers, medical
equipment technicians, legal staff, health care professionals, and
others from across the nation make this their first choice for health
services information.
NESCE
The New England Society of
Clinical Engineering is a regional professional society whose members
serve healthcare organizations in Southern New England. NESCE's members
are biomedical equipment
technicians, clinical engineers and other individuals involved in
the area of healthcare technology management and medical
equipment repair, maintenance and support.
Gateway Community
College
Gateway Community
College located in Phoenix, Arizona offers courses in the health science
field to help you achieve your goal of becoming a biomedical equipment
technician working hands on with biomedical
test equipment.
AAAHC
The Accreditation Association
for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC) is a leader in ambulatory health
care accreditation and serves as an advocate for the provision and documentation
of high quality health services in ambulatory health care organizations.
Accreditation can enhance a center's strategic management decision making
process. Those who have achieved accreditation say it helps increase their
efficiency and reduce costs. Using refurbished or reconditioned
medical equipment can help control costs.
American Association
for Respiratory Care
Since 1947, the American Association
for Respiratory Care (AARC) has been committed to enhancing your professionalism
as a respiratory care practitioner, improving your performance on the
job, and helping you broaden the scope of knowledge essential to your
success utilizing new, reconditioned
and refurbished equipment.
ACHE
The American College of Healthcare
Executives is an international professional society of nearly 30,000
healthcare executives. ACHE works toward its goal of improving the health
status of society by advancing healthcare leadership and biomedical
equipment management excellence.
AHRA
American Healthcare Radiology
Administrators (AHRA). The AHRA provides opportunities for biomedical
equipment technicians to share information and experience through
meetings, committee work and member-to-member contact at local, regional
and national levels.
AORN Online
Association of Perioperative
Registered Nurses (AORN) is the professional organization of perioperative
registered nurses that supports registered nurses in achieving optimal
outcomes for patients undergoing operative and other invasive procedures
as well as working with biomedical
equipment. AORN is the global leader in promoting excellence in perioperative
nursing practice.
AMA-American Medical
Association
From medical equipment
repair to reconditioned
medical equipment, from tobacco to adolescent health, from AIDS to
Medicare, the American
Medical Association speaks out on issues important to patients and
the nation's health and services.
Radiology, News,
Education, Service
AuntMinnie.com provides the first comprehensive community Internet site
for radiologists and
related professionals in the medical imaging industry. AuntMinnie provides
a forum for radiologists, biomedical
equipment technicians, business management, biomedical
equipment management, technologists, members of organized medicine,
and industry to meet, transact, research, and collaborate on topics within
the field of radiology.
College of American
Pathologists
Laboratories accredited by the College
of American Pathologists meet exacting standards set by the College's
Commission on Laboratory Accreditation
and approved by the College's Board of Governors. The goal of the College's
Laboratory Accreditation Program is to improve the quality of clinical
laboratory services and to ensure the accuracy and reliability of test
results through an educational and peer review inspection process of procedures
and biomedical equipment. Inspectors are pathologists, biomedical
equipment repair technicians and other laboratory professionals who
combine their extensive knowledge of the science of pathology with proper
quality assurance procedures to determine whether a laboratory meets the
standards for accreditation.
ECRI
ECRI is an independent nonprofit health services research agency. Their
mission is to improve the safety, quality, and cost-effectiveness of healthcare.
One way to conserve costs is to utilize the expertise of a medical
equipment repair technician or hospital
equipment repair technician to recondition
medical equipment.
Healthcare Financial
Management Association (HFMA)
HFMA is a leading US personal
membership organization for financial management professionals employed
by healthcare facilities and related organizations. The HFMA can instruct
your biomedical equipment
management team on utilizing refurbished and reconditioned
medical equipment.
Welcome to the
IEEE
The Institute
of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. or IEEE (Eye-triple-E)
is a non-profit, technical professional association of more than 377,000
individual members in 150 countries. IEEE
membership provides a variety of benefits to its members ranging from
technical publications to conferences to career development assistance
to financial services. Biomedical
equipment management teams, biomedical
equipment repair technicians, medical equipment repair technicians
and hospital
equipment repair technicians can utilize the IEEE site to the fullest
extent.
IAMERS
The International Association
of Medical Equipment Remarketers and Servicers is dedicated to creating
a professional, secondary market by bringing together leading dealers,
lessors, refurbishers of
medical equipment and medical equipment servicing repair and related
services committed to ethics and professionalism.
Working closely with the US Food & Drug Administration and the US Department
of Commerce, IAMERS helps ensure that refurbished
and reconditioned medical equipment remains a trusted and valued alternative
to expensive new equipment.
RSNA
Established in 1994, Radiological
Society of North America (RSNA), is a nonprofit medical society with
30,000 members. It is used by physicians, biomedical
equipment technicians and other health care professionals, journalists,
educators, librarians, and others. The purpose of the Radiological Society
of North America is to promote and develop the highest standards of radiology
and related sciences through education and research.
Virginia Biomedical
Association
The Virginia Biomedical Association
web site is intended to provide a forum for an exchange of information
and ideas related to the Biomedical field, and to post information regarding
the activities of the Virginia Biomedical Association. Biomedical
equipment management teams, biomedical
equipment technicians and biomedical
equipment repair technicians can exchange ideas on information on
subjects relating to new, reconditioned
biomedical equipment.
American National
Standards Institute
ANSI Online, the American
National Standards Institute posts standards used by biomedical
equipment technicians and medical
equipment servicing repair technicians.
ASTM
ASTM has developed and
published 10,000 technical standards, which are used by medical and biomedical
equipment technicians and industries worldwide. ASTM
members develop the standards within the ASTM consensus process. Technical
publications, training courses, and Statistical Quality Assurance Programs
are other ASTM products; ASTM services include The ASTM Institute for
Standards Research.
Document Center
Home Page
Document Center
Inc. specializes in paper copy delivery of specifications and standards.
This technical information is used in trade, engineering, manufacturing,
and other aspects of commerce. The documents specifically describe a product,
test, or material, allowing for uniform compliance from a variety of sources.
Biomedical equipment
technicians and their colleagues will utilize these standards within
their biomedical
equipment management, especially when working with reconditioned
medical equipment.
ISO - International
Organization for Standardization
The International
Organization for Standardization (ISO) is a worldwide federation of
national standards. This site is a informative resource for hospital and
medical
equipment repair technicians.
The Library of
Congress
The Library of Congress
website offers information from hospital
equipment repair to biomedical equipment management to industry standards.
This information may be useful to accredited biomedical
equipment technicians.
Underwriters Laboratories
Inc.
Underwriters Laboratories Inc.
(UL) provides a full range of conformity and quality assessment services
to manufacturers of biomedical
test equipment and other organizations. In addition to these customers,
UL also assists jurisdictional and provincial authorities, provides educational
materials to consumers, and works to strengthen safety systems worldwide.
Service Industry
Association
Service Industry
Association is a non-profit organization made up of high technology
service companies, including the biomedical
and healthcare professionals, promoting customer choices. SAI creates
forums between vendors, service providers, and users for education, communications
and information.
CT Technology
Council
Founded in 1994, the Connecticut
Technology Council is a partnership of Connecticut providers and users
of technology committed to growing and diversifying the state's technology
base. The Council provides
Connecticut's technology businesses with the advocacy and access needed
to succeed and thrive, enhancing the business climate for technology-based
companies such as NovaMed
Corporation, a biomedical
equipment repair corporation that also sells recondition and refurbished
medical equipment. NovaMed
Corporation is located in Trumbull, Ct.
New England Healthcare
Engineers' Society
The New England HealthCare
Engineers Society Inc. (NEHES) is devoted to the promotion and the
mutual exchange of technical assistance, ideas and experiences. Healthcare
engineers such as biomedical test equipment technicians can share their
ideas and review articles on the medical
equipment servicing repair field.
American College
of Clinical Engineering (ACCE)
Founded in 1991, American
College of Clinical Engineering - ACCE is committed to enhancing the
profession of clinical engineering. As clinical medicine has become increasingly
dependent on wider use of highly sophisticated technology, and the ever
more complex medical equipment
associated with it, such as the intricate biomedical
equipment, the clinical engineer's role in the health care system
has continuously evolved as well.
HFMA - Healthcare
Financial Management Association
HFMA is the nation's leading
personal membership organization for healthcare financial management and
biomedical equipment management professionals. HFMA brings perspective
and clarity to the industry's complex issues for the purpose of preparing
our members to succeed. The Healthcare
Financial Management Association programs, publications and partnerships
can help to enhance the capabilities that strengthen not only individual
careers such as biomedical
equipment technician, but also the organizations from which the members
come.
MHA - Group Purchasing
for Healthcare Professionals
Managed Health Care Associates,
Inc (MHA) is a provider of contract purchasing services to long-term
care (LTC) pharmacies and also offers a variety of services to pharmaceutical
manufacturers selling to the LTC industry, including contract administration,
marketing, and continuing education. MHA believes in value beyond price,
and offers members a comprehensive portfolio of products including medical
equipment and services associated with biomedical
equipment management as well as tools to help maximize profitability.
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Connecticut Hospital
Association (CHA)
NovaMed is the "preferred provider" of biomedical
service for CHA members. Founded in 1919, the Connecticut
Hospital Association (CHA) has been representing hospitals and other
health-related member organizations for more than eight decades. Centrally
located in Wallingford, Connecticut, CHA
is committed to providing unparalleled advocacy and service to its members.
CHA's staff of professionals share the common goal of advancing the health
of Connecticut residents by representing and serving hospitals (with hospital
equipment repair and refurbished
and reconditioned medical equipment) and their related healthcare
organizations.
Hospitals and Hospital
Organizations
Yale-New Haven
Hospital
Yale-New
Haven Hospital (YNHH) includes the Yale-New Haven Children's Hospital
and the Yale-New Haven Psychiatric Hospital. YNHH is the primary teaching
hospital for Yale
University School of Medicine (YSM). Yale-New Haven regularly ranks
among the best hospitals in the U.S. and was accredited by the Joint Commission
on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) in 1999.
JCAHO
The Joint Commission on Accreditation
of Healthcare Organizations has been accrediting hospitals for more
than 40 years. Accreditation by the Joint Commission is recognized nationwide
as a "seal of approval" which indicates that a hospital meets certain
performance standards. Joint Commission accreditation helps hospitals
to improve their performance and patient outcomes and to demonstrate accountability
in managed care and the rapidly changing health
care marketplace.
Yale-New Haven
Hospital News Release
U.S.
News & World Report has again named Yale-New Haven Hospital one
of the country's best hospitals in its July 22, 2002 annual survey issue.
Yale-New Haven Hospital was named among the best in 12 different medical
specialties. Of these, geriatrics and psychiatry ranked among the nation's
top 10, and gynecology, pediatrics and respiratory disease services ranked
among the nation's top 25. Yale-New Haven Hospital utilizes a talented
staff of nurses, doctors and medical
equipment technicians with exceptional hospital and biomedical
equipment. Read
the full release for more information.
UConn Health Center
The University of Connecticut
Health Center is an organization composed of the School of Medicine,
School of Dental Medicine, John Dempsey Hospital, the UConn Medical Group,
UConn Health Partners and University Dentists. Founded in 1961, the Health
Center provides outstanding health care education in an environment
of exemplary patient care, public service and research using high tech
biomedical equipment. The
Health Center's campus is in Farmington. The University's main campus
is in Storrs, about 30 miles east of Hartford.
HEALTHCARE INFORMATION
& NEWS
Modern Healthcare
Modern Healthcare,
a health care business news weekly, provides hospital executives with
reliable, up-to-date and comprehensive healthcare news, including news
for biomedical
healthcare equipment technicians. The magazine also publishes a daily
e-mail newsletter, the Daily Dose, and exclusive content for modernhealthcare.com.
Revised article originally
published in Modern Healthcare December 10, 2002
Hospital
Fees are Rising Because They Can
Lack of competition, a weakened managed-care system and rising labor costs
are the primary drivers behind escalating hospital charges. According
to the article, the No. 1 reason hospital charges are going up is that
they can go up. One way to cut escalating hospital expenses is to get
a handle on biomedical
equipment management by using reconditioned
medical equipment and refurbished
medical equipment.
Temple Biomedical
Engineering Tech Tips
Temple Biomedical Engineering Tech Tips provides biomedical
equipment technicians & medical
equipment technicians with information relating to biomedical
equipment and hospital
equipment repair and testing. Tech Tips is continuously updated with
new Clinical Engineering technical tips, reference charts and other resources.
Through Tech Tips, clinical engineering and biomedical
equipment management professionals can share their knowledge.
Currentpath -
Healthcare Technology Central
Currentpath
is an online resource for information about all aspects of Medical
Equipment Technology. Currentpath is dedicated to improving patient
care by establishing a "knowledge base" that will help Biomedical Equipment
Technicians achieve service excellence. By providing a Discussion Group
as well as a Chat Room, Currentpath increases professionalism by creating
an open forum for the international "Biomedical Community" including Medical
equipment technicians, biomedical equipment technician and biomedical
equipment management.
MWC / Allied Healthcare
The Allied
Healthcare Group of Medical World Communications covers the healthcare
industry, producing high-quality healthcare journals, from medical imaging
to laboratory, and home healthcare to
dental. Dedicated readers look to 24x7,
24 hours a day, 7 days a week as their primary source for reliable, comprehensive
coverage of the technical and business solutions, and maintaining and
servicing
health care equipment.
HEALTH
INDUSTRY AND HEALTHCARE PUBLICATIONS
Annal of Biomedical
Engineering Editorial Site
The Annals
of Biomedical Engineering (ABME) is an interdisciplinary, international
journal published as the official journal of the Biomedical
Engineering Society (BMES). It is produced bi-monthly by the American
Institute of Physics. The journal publishes original articles in the major
fields of bioengineering and biomedical
engineering. BMES provides history and teaching articles, book reviews,
and letters-to-the-Editor. BMES provides the latest and up-and-coming
biomedical strategies for medical professionals including doctors and
biomedical
technicians.
Medical Design
Technology
Medical Design Technology
is an online publication offering new products, materials, services
& components for medical device designers and biomedical
equipment engineers.
Medical Design
Technology Online
Updated weekly, the Medical
Design Technology Buyer's Guide is a comprehensive industry resource
that allows viewers to search for manufacturers of medical products, services,
materials and components including those for new, used, reconditioned
and refurbished medical equipment.
Medical Design
Technology Online
Medical
equipment technicians can search for the latest technology available
for the medical device manufacturing market using this website, including
medical
test equipment, biomedical
test equipment and materials for reconditioned and refurbished
medical equipment.
HEALTHCARE AND MEDICAL
NEWS, BOOKS & REFERENCES
Hanley & Belfus
Hanley & Belfus
is a Philadelphia-based medical publisher of medical textbooks, reference
books, periodicals, and peer-reviewed journals, specializing in carefully
edited publications for medical students, residents, practicing physicians,
biomedical scientists,
biomedical equipment
management and other healthcare professionals.
NOVAMED IN THE NEWS
SIA Network News
- Second Quarter 2002
In this article,
SIA proudly welcomes NovaMed Corporation as a new member. NovaMed Corporation
is a national independent provider of healthcare technology management
services.
Chambers of Commerce
and Business Associations
Branford
Chamber of Commerce
Corporate Resource Alliance
Milford Chamber of Commerce
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Council
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