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Lights Out: Tracking the Impact of Power Outages

As the need for power continues to grow in the mission-critical healthcare environment, providers can’t afford any downtime. But with the magnitude of ever-escalating power threats and the growing complexity of healthcare IT, uptime isn’t an easy guarantee. Here’s why.

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HHS Launches Online Mapping Tool for Disaster Preparedness

The US Department of Health and Human Services has launched an interactive emPower map, a disaster preparedness tool that integrates data from real-time severe weather tracking services. The resource is aimed at helping communities prepare to meet the needs of residents with electricity-dependent medical equipment during an emergency.

Make Your Luck

Often times when we avert some sort of disaster we say, “That was lucky.” Have you ever done that? Rick Schrenker, a systems engineering manager in the department of biomedical engineering at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston,

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New GE ATS Plays it Safe

GE Digital Energy introduces the Zenith ZTE series 40-4000 amp automatic transfer switch (ATS) system, providing facility managers with new safety options to prevent problems that could damage equipment or cause unnecessary outages to critical loads.

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Controlled Power Company

Dave Gerds In the 4 decades since Controlled Power Company, Troy, Mich, tweaked the design and manufacture of modular AC to DC converters, it has beefed up its line to include uninterruptible power systems (UPS), voltage regulators, power line conditioners, shielded transformers, power distribution systems, and rectifiers. The company has spearheaded discoveries in the microprocessor […]

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UPS Power: Safer, or Critical Care Nemesis?

An uninterruptible power supply (UPS) has a knack of generating misery. Even so, the UPS has proven itself to be a valuable tool and an undeniable savior of data and operating systems. The power of a UPS is in the security we all rely on to protect our computers from interruptions, delays, and loss of […]