Independent Service Organizations

ARAMARK
ARAMARK Healthcare Management Services—Clinical Technology Services (Charlotte, NC) is a leader in independent clinical equipment management solutions, with engineering specialists managing the entire spectrum of biomedical and imaging equipment, including preventive and corrective maintenance, and the development of certification processes and standards. From biomedical and imaging equipment management to endoscope surgical instrument repair, the company is equipped to provide clinical equipment strategies that reduce costs, improve dependability, and enhance patient safety.

The comprehensive solutions offered by ARAMARK Healthcare Management Services enable health care partners to create high-quality environments for patient care. (800) 668-2505; www.aramark.com.

Crest Services
CREST Services (Lewisville, Tex), a nationwide leader in medical equipment maintenance and asset management, offers health care facilities superior program management to include biomedical services, imaging services, CT/MRI services and refurbishing, parts sourcing, and JCAHO consultation. Their experienced team of technicians, account managers, modality specialists, and support personnel work together with you to efficiently manage your entire equipment program. This is accomplished by supplying you with on-site personnel to provide preventive and unscheduled repairs, parts sourcing, and trending and tracking of service codes. Also, CREST tracks additional vendor service and assists with life-cycle analysis and capital expenditure forecasting. (888) 467-1536; www.crestservices.com.

Intellamed
Intellamed (Bryan, Tex) is a fast-growing medical equipment services company that is comprised of three divisions: Equipment Maintenance and Support, Equipment Procurement, and Equipment Disposition. The Biomedical and Imaging Group provides a full range of biomedical and imaging equipment support from demand services to on-site managed programs for BME departments. High-quality, proven vendors compete for our clients’ parts and equipment business through our online request-for-proposal systems. They buy the same OEM parts and equipment at up to a 60% savings. Intellamed’s Auctionmart platform is the most successful online medical auction. (877) 682-8400; www.intellamed.com.

TriMedx
TriMedx (Indianapolis) supplies health care equipment services that reduce the cost of equipment management while improving device performance and quality. TriMedx differentiates itself from ISOs through its Collaborative Service Provider model. This model provides in-house clinical engineering technicians with the proper tools, training, and information to enable administrators to gain control of their medical equipment assets. One such tool is the RSQ Software suite—a data-management program that provides a single portal for entering all equipment service and technician status information. (877) 874-6339; www.trimedx.com.