March 2004


Features


The Future of Connectivity
  by C. Wayne Hibbs, CCE
  Will medical devices and IT networks ever communicate? Urban legend has it that we will soon have seamless connections between clinical data and IT networks. Our author suggests that some obstacles may delay the attainment of that goal.
Service Solutions: Meeting the Challenge of Sentinel Events
  by Matthew F. Baretich, PE, PhD
  Although most biomedical equipment managers are adept at developing plans that comply with JCAHO environment-of-care standards, coming up with a plan for managing sentinel events represents a new dimension to JCAHO requirements.
Special Feature: Web Resources Directory
  A compendium of vendor Web sites to help you find just the right place to purchase, lease, or repair your medical equipment.
Guidelines to Ultrasound Power Measurement
  by Denes Roveti
  The radiation force balance principle is widely used for testing power output levels of transducers. We present a step-by-step guide to the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine’s recommended method for ensuring the reliability of your ultrasound probes.

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Editor's Note
  by Marian Benjamin
Soapbox
  by David Harrington, PhD
  What We Have Here Is a Failure to Communicate

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Industry Insider
  by Lori Sichtermann
  Fluke Biomedical
ICC Prep
  by David Harrington, PhD
  Scopes Rigid and Flexible
Tools of the Trade
  Three-in-one biomedical tester; complement to TTL unveiled; new 5 kV megohmmeter
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