Medicare Allows Same-Day Scheduling and Care in ASCs
By: Kathy Bryant
With a little help from our friends, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) decided to allow ASCs to schedule and perform surgery on the same day in some cases. CMS issued new instructio...
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Generosity in Bloom
By: Julie E. Williamson
For anyone who puts in long hours with a fast-paced, stressful career, most would agree that to keep grounded, and stay well-rounded in other aspects of life, it’s important to take some time to st...
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Optimizing Asset Management, Equipment Utilization More Essential Than Ever
By: Julie E. Williamson
If you’re a biomed, then chances are you know firsthand the frustrations associated with trying to track down medical equipment and maintain a consistent, reliable preventive maintenance schedule.<...
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Who Cares About FTEs In Biomed? Everybody, Apparently. But Is It The Correct Metric?
By: Patrick K. Lynch, CBET, CCE
FTE is an acronym for Full Time Equivalent. It is a measure of how many people work in a particular company, hospital, or department. People speak of staffing by saying, “We have 5 FTEs,” meaning ther...
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Be Careful What You Ask For
By: Wayne Webster, Proactics Consulting
In May I attended a seminar about restructuring companies in bankruptcy. At the end of the presentations we all crossed the street to a pub and chatted a bit more. One of the speakers asked me what I ...
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Market Analysis: CT Segment Enjoys Steady Growth Cardiac Imaging Shows Greatest Potential
By: Julie E. Williamson
Despite diagnostic imaging reimbursement cuts stemming from the Deficit Reduction Act, the computed tomography market segment appears to be maintaining a solid footing. A new report, “Computed T...
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Do Your PMs Positively Impact Patient Safety And Improve Uptime?
By: Jim Fedele
I am presently taking part in a large project that analyzes work requests to explore if the preventative maintenance actions we perform everyday actually improve patient safety and outcomes. Our pr...
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Tapping Into The Power Of Direct Marketing For All Media Channels
By: Jeanette McMurtry
Advertising was in a recession long before the recent fall of our total economic system. For years, newspapers, magazines, radio and TV has seen dramatic falls in their advertising revenues, and recor...
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Authorized Qualified Service Professional: Does That Mean You? (Conclusion)
By: Karen Waninger
In a recent conversation with a peer, I was reminded how preconceived ideas or attitudes will be evident from the actions of others. The conversation was about his experience where two people worke...
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