December 2006

Features

Cover Story

	2006 Annual Compensation Survey
	by Renee DiIulio
	24x7 asks about satisfaction and salaries, and finds biomeds happy but wanting more

	Are You Benchmarking Yet?
	by Maria Fotopoulos
	Evaluate and define procedures to improve your department's performance


	The Big Communication Gap
	by Heidi Horn
	Get your team on track communicating with clients and improve customer satisfaction


	Service Solutions
	Keeping Physiological Monitors Reliable
	by Carol Daus

Departments

	Up Front
	Leading the Way
	by Julie Kirst, Editor


	ICC Prep
	Updates and Corrections
	by David Harrington, PhD


	Tech Talk
	The Emerging Health Care IT Infrastructure
	by Elliot B. Sloane, PhD


	Industry Insider
	Topline Medical
	by Zac Dillon


	Tools of the Trade
	Digital multimeter; NIBP simulators; electrical medical safety analyzer; and thin client display


	Focus On
	Ultrasound Test Equipment


	Soapbox
	Technology: Friend or Foe?
	by David Harrington, PhD