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he 2022 Webinar Wednesday series continues to provide top-notch information. Recent sessions have covered a range of topics delivering educational material to biomeds throughout the country.
CMMS IMPLEMENTATION The presentation “Making A CMMS Implementation More Than Just Transferring Data” was sponsored by Phoenix Data Systems and eligible for 1 credit from the ACI. In this 60-minute webinar, Phoenix Data Systems Training Manager Aaron Peters and SQL Developer Daniel Hamadeh showcased a well-executed CMMS conversion and implementation. The conversation focused on keys to success; such as mapping data, cleaning data and optimizing work flows by understanding how the new CMMS operates. The presenters also took a deep dive into a recent customer’s experience from conversion through implementation. The webinar was popular with 96 live attendees and more have viewed the session via on-demand viewing at WebinarWednesday.live. A popular aspect of this session was a question-and-answer session where the presenters shared additional insights. One of the questions centered on the topic of what clients need to do to their data to prepare for an implementation? The short answer is “It depends.” However, the presenters did not stop there and discussed some different approaches and options available. Another attendee asked, “What pieces of the implementation process are outsourced?” The answer was to the point.
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“That is another good question that almost anyone at this company could answer. I hope everyone who works here knows we don’t outsource anything. Every person you talk to is an employee of Phoenix Data Systems. We don’t hire any third-party vendors,” Peters said. Attendees provided feedback about the webinar via a survey that included the question, “What are the biggest strengths of the industry?” “Data standardization and true adoption of technologies like CMMS,” said Laura Rojas, biomedical support. “The biggest strengths of the health care CMMS industry are software organizations that actually value the customers, their goals and the patients those customers serve. We are setting the bar high at Phoenix Data Systems and will continue to set it higher!” said Jason Fleming, an implementation specialist. “The resourcefulness of the people in the HTM community,” Biomed Manager Richard Ortiz said. INFUSION PUMP TESTING INSIGHTS The presentation “Infusion Pump Testing” was sponsored by BC Group. It was eligible for 1 credit from the ACI. Lucio Simoni, engineering manager at BC Group International, discussed infusion pump testing utilizing the BC Biomedical 4 channel IPA-3400. The IPA-3400 is a high accuracy, easy-to-use system that incorporates full touch screen control of all processes without the use of old-fashioned buttons and knobs. This new cutting edge, patented design uses a dual syringe stepper motor driven system that provides continuous monitoring of the fluid flow without the need to stop and perform intermittent drains like older technologies do. This provides a more realistic flow path for the infusion device
under test and therefore more accurate readings. Attendees gathered additional knowledge during a question-and-answer session. The Q&A session is available for on-demand viewing along with the entire webinar at WebinarWednesday.live. One attendee asked about simulations. Simoni answered, “We actually do try to simulate as close as possible. For instance, we have a user selectable back pressure setting, which simulates the pressure in a patient’s veins, and would push back against a diffusion pump. It has to overcome, and the way we see back pressure, we don’t actually begin measuring until pressure exceeds that setting. So, we tried to make it as realistic as possible.” The webinar was popular. It had 97 attendees for the live presentation. Attendees shared feedback via a survey that included the question, “What are the biggest challenges facing you with your work?” “Workload/time management,” Director Capital Equipment Services Scott Tarter said. “Regulations: too many manufacturer training certificates and too many pieces of expensive test equipment are required,” said András Levente Kacsó, BMET. Several attendees said availability of parts or time constraints for PMs are among the biggest challenges they face. KEEPING THE WHOLE HOSPITAL SECURE The Webinar Wednesday presentation “How BioMed Helps Keep the Whole Hospital Secure” by Anthony Rubino, medical device network risk manager for Scripps Health, and Samuel Hill, director of product marketing at Medigate by Claroty, discussed the challenge of keeping medical devices safe. It was sponsored by Medigate by Claroty and eligible for 1 credit from the ACI.
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