June 2007

Features

Cover Story

	Department Profile
	Service with a Smile
	by Dana Hinesly
	The Reading Hospital team's solid skills, respect for colleagues, organization, efficiency, and mentoring project have helped raise the biomed bar

	Breathing Easier
	by Carol Daus
	Understanding ventilators enhances patient safety and creates new career opportunities for biomeds


	The Biomeds Are Coming!
	by Zac Dillon
	The town of Paul Revere and Fenway Park welcomes biomeds for the annual AAMI Conference and Expo


	Joining Hands To Advance Clinical Engineering in Bangladesh
	by Ismael Cordero, CBET, and Arif Subhan, MS, CCE
	Working with government and health agencies, ORBIS and ACCE presented a symposium and work-shop to raise awareness and the standard of medical equipment maintenance in the country


	Service Solutions
	Servicing Surgical Video Systems
	by Renee DiIulio

Departments

	Up Front
	The Art of Recognition
	by Julie Kirst


	ICC Prep
	Cardiac Output
	by David Harrington, PhD, and Richard Lee


	Tech Talk
	SOA What?
	by Elliot B. Sloane, PhD


	Tools of the Trade
	Uninterrupted power supply; electromedical safety analyzer; compact fluorescent lights; and support


	Focus On
	Asset Tracking


	Industry Insider
	Ohio Medical Corp
	by Zac Dillon


	Soapbox
	A Legacy of Safety
	by Douglas Dreps, MBA; Marvin Shepherd, PE, FACCE; and Bruce Hyndman, MSBE, PE