MD Expo Houston 2023 Pre-Show Planner

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12

11 AM-12 PM

Back to the Basics of Measurement

David Heiselt, Managing Member and Donald Sheppard Jr., Lab Manager, QRS

Calibrations

Participants will learn metrology terminology, definitions and calculations. They will be able to use these tools to aid them in reading and understanding equipment specifications and identifying the appropriate equipment for the tests and measurements performed during preventive maintenance. Some of the key terms and their uses are accuracy, readability/ resolution, scale, uncertainty, TUR and TER.

Effect of Equipment Age on Reliability

Binseng Wang, VP of Program Management, and Torgeir Rui, Lead Data Analyst, Program Management, Sodexo Healthcare Technology Management

It has been assumed for a long time that equipment will deteriorate with age, i.e., its reliability will decrease with time, based on experience acquired in other industries. A careful analysis of medical equipment failure rate as a function of age shows that this hypothesis is not always true for most equipment types. Certain equipment types do show the classical wear-out pattern, but many others do not. On the other hand, a few types and brands of equipment exhibit high failure rates after only a few years of use. The results of this analysis can help to determine whether maintenance strategies should be revised for older equipment and which types and brands of equipment should be carefully evaluated prior to equipment planning and selection in order to minimize risks of patient care and high maintenance costs.

1-2:15 PM KEYNOTE ADDRESS: How to Achieve the Impossible!

Billy Riggs, MRE, MDIV, CSP, OMG!

Remarkably effective people have a set of core beliefs in common - beliefs about leadership, business and themselves. Learning these beliefs is essential to success. By formulating, nurturing and internalizing the proper belief system, and demolishing the psychological illusions that hold you back, you can achieve the dreams that have thus far eluded you. In this hilarious, but provocative

Left to Our Own Devices – Will we follow best practices?

Ty Greenhalgh, Industry Principal, Healthcare, Medigate by Claroty

Join us for a high-level discussion on the recently updated Department of Health and Human Service’s Best Practices for Medical Device Security. This presentation will review, in non-technical terms, the HHS 405(d) HICP recommended best practices for medical device security and explain the substantial new updates. What is the number one reason medical device security initiatives fail? What responsibilities typically fall on the clinical engineering/HTM teams? How do these practices impact operations? What are the best practices for governance across IT, Information Security and CE/HTM?

Using Your AAMI Certification to Help Advance Your Career

Brian Wilson, ISE 3, Trimedx and David Scott, Senior BMET, UCHealth

This presentation will help HTM technicians advance their career path by leveraging the opportunities of their AAMI certification. The presenters will cover strategies to utilize the benefits of being certified. Plus, examples will be given of technicians who have used their certifications to advance their careers.

PRODUCT DEMO

Overview of TMS OnLine and Data Insights

Mike Myers, Solutions Consultant, and Mark Toce, Solutions Consultant, Accruent

Join Accruent's solutions consultants for an overview of TMS OnLine and Data Insights. TMS OnLine is Accruent's SaaS-based CMMS platform that is 100% targeted for Healthcare. Data Insights provides anonymized HTM data to assist your department in data standardization, capital planning, and AEM decisions. Learn how these offerings can help you manage your HTM and HFM departments, with a sneak peek at new features and enhancements currently in development.

Billy Riggs has been called “a psychologist masquerading as a comedian and magician.” He was voted one of America’s Top Five Most Entertaining Speakers in a nationwide poll of conference attendees. As a highly skilled orator Billy moves audiences to action with his message of hope and inspiration. Add in his talent as a master magician, comedian, and spellbinding entertainer, and he delivers a presentation that audiences will remember long after the event ends. Billy’s presentation changes lives, improves attitudes, turbocharges sales and inspires exceptional service.

combination of magic, message and motivation, Billy Riggs explodes the debilitating myths that render workers ineffective and identifies the cardinal realities of success.

2:30-3:30PM

The Rules of Repair

Justin Barbour, Host, Better Biomed YouTube Channel/FOBI Medical

The rules of repair are a compilation of good practices and sayings which have been passed on for generations through the skilled repair trades. We’ll discuss how following these simple rules dramatically improve any clinical engineering program while setting technicians up with ethics for sure success in any repair career.

Women in the Healthcare Technology Field

Andrea Brainard, CBET, CHTM, Director HTM, Children’s Health

Moderated by Andrea Brainard, the director of HTM at Children’s Health in Dallas, this panel discussion will provide insight into how women have been successful in the HTM field and how they can continue to propel the HTM industry forward.

Imaging Service – Keys to Developing and Sustaining Your Imaging Service Program

Ryan Harris, Director of HTM, Texoma Medical Center (UHS of Delaware)

Developing an imaging service program within a hospital brings many advantages including financial savings and increased equipment uptime, but it can also be an intimidating and difficult endeavor. If done without the proper forethought and research, there can be negative financial results or regulatory fallout. In this presentation, I will discuss the actions we took at my hospital to build up our imaging service program and some potential issues we identified along the way. This will be a collaborative presentation with room for examples and ideas from the audience.

Adding to the Toolbox – Tips to Grow Into a Better Leader

A Declassified Job Market Revival Guide: HTM Job Search

Ian Contreras, Biomedical Engineer, VA North Texas Healthcare System

The advent of COVID-19 has changed the world in many ways. The job market – specifically the HTM market – is no exception. The Great Resignation saw many workers reevaluating life priorities, disparities in the work-life balance and a mind-shift change leaving many new openings unfilled. And yet, many people find it difficult to navigate the market to meet these new work expectations and find the right job for themselves, especially entry-level workers. This presentation will provide a better understanding of the market and how to best set oneself up for a job one loves to feel fulfilled.

THURSDAY, APRIL 13

8-9 AM

Gas Modules and Anesthesia MonitorsProper testing requirements

Brent Weight, MS ME, MBA, Manager, Life Spark Medical

This presentation will highlight the importance of capnometry as well as the different kinds of devices used within a hospital, how they work, different types of failure modes, issues with common testing methods, and best practices when testing gas monitors.

29 Lessons Learned in 29 Years in the HTM Industry

Bryant Hawkins Sr., Site Manager, Children's Hospital New Orleans

This presentation is full of lessons I have gathered in my 29 years in the HTM industry as a technician, lead technician, manager and director.

Greg

Czajka,

CHTM, Support Services Operations Director, Advocate Aurora Health

Great leadership doesn’t occur overnight – it takes years to cultivate and we each pick up bits and pieces along the way. Some of these ideas are learned from a mentor, a formal class, through osmosis while on the job, or even through the failure of others (what not to do)! An analogy I heard years ago from a mentor of mine is that every new tactic is a tool you add to your toolbox. Your toolbox is as big as you want it to be and you should continually add to it to continue your development. The goal of this course is to share some of the tools I picked up along my journey, so you don’t have to learn them the hard way.

Balancing Your HTM with an IT Specialist for EMR Integration

David Soffer, Manager-Medical Device Integration, WellSpan Health

This presentation will show real-world examples of how an IT specialist within the HTM department can plan and deploy EMR installations and upgrades without utilizing major HTM technician labor. In addition, it will show how the IT specialist helps with integrated device troubleshooting to assist HTM technicians.

The Return on Investment for Clinical Engineers

Carol Davis-Smith, President, Carol Davis-Smith & Associates LLC and Kurt Finke, Coach, Finke Clinical Engineering LLC

When all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. Why is it that some health systems have expanded their “toolbox” to include staff with engineering degrees (aka, clinical engineers) and others have not? What complementary skills and value do these “non-hammer tools” bring to healthcare technology management? This presentation will explore these questions and identify ways to determine what roles clinical engineers can (should) play within an HTM program.

9:30-10:30 AM

Survey Preparation Best Practices

Rich Sable, CBET, Product Manager, EQ2 LLC

Hospitals are surveyed by so many different organizations such as Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Joint Commission and DNV that the HTM team needs to perform several actions to be prepared for each survey. Proper categorization will give managers the ability to quickly identify high-risk devices, manage devices on an AEM program, identify utility equipment and identify devices removed from the maintenance program. These details – as well as location and schedule – need to be comprehensibly addressed day to day and documented in the CMMS through reports, dashboards and other documentation.

Maximize the Value of Your Retired Assets: Asset Recovery for Medical Equipment

Jessica Diettrich, MBA-HM, Senior Program Manager, Providence St. Joseph Health and Curtis McEntire, President, Mazree

This session will provide an overview of the Providence St. Joseph Health asset recovery program, what are the typical ways of handling hospital assets, and how Providence was able to partner with an asset recovery company to resell, redeploy, or recycle its assets, returning money to the ministries and keeping medical equipment out of the dump.

Climbing the Healthcare Technology Management Ladder

Izabella Gieras, MS, CSSBB, CCE, Director, Clinical Engineering, Cedars-Sinai Health System, and Donald Armstrong, CBET, CHTM,  Technical Training Manager, Renovo Solutions LLC

Two experienced HTM leaders will explain their career paths through the biomed world. Whether you are an entry-level technician or an experienced HTM leader, this presentation will explain ways to advance in your career and will give practical advice and tools to achieve your career goals.

Introduction to DICOM

Garrett Seeley, Biomedical Equipment Support Specialist, Veterans Health Administration

This presentation will cover the basic structure of a DICOM communication, the required settings of DICOM and the basic troubleshooting of a DICOM association. It will show where to go for software so that a student may create their own DICOM lab on their home computer.

Medical Imaging Modalities for Managers, Biomeds and Imaging Engineers

Dale Cover Jr., President (Retired), Radiological Service Training Institute

This presentation will delve into the various imaging systems used in today’s medical imaging field. Basic operational principles, major sub-systems, use and primary maintenance issues for each imaging modality will be the main focus of this discussion. At the conclusion of this presentation, attendees will have a better understanding of the medical imaging systems in their facilities and how they affect patient outcomes and hospital operations.

11 AM-12 PM

Making Informed Decisions When Testing Medical Equipment

Lewis Lennard, MSc, Application Engineer, Rigel Medical

This session will discuss the freedom of choice a biomed has when determining testing requirements and the underlying or “equivalent” message when choosing test equipment. Topics include real-life examples of the equivalent equipment message from medical device manufacturers and how alternative equipment maintenance systems helped shape the biomeds contribution towards testing decisions.

Lessons Learned from Creating a Business

Garrett Seeley, Biomedical Equipment Support Specialist, Veterans Health Administration

Have you ever thought of starting your own business? Well, several biomeds have successfully done so. Let’s have a discussion and a question-and-answer session on what it takes to start your own business, what lessons are learned from the process, and how it enriches professional life even if it does not become a new career.

HTM Role in Effective Service Contract Management Strategies

Izabella Gieras, MS, CSSBB, CCE,  Director, Clinical Engineering, Cedars-Sinai Health System

This session will address effective and efficient service contract management strategies. The presenter will dive into the critical role HTM plays in contract management as well as necessary relationship building with impacted health care stakeholders, including vendors. Examples and case studies will be provided on the developed workflow.

Wearable Medical Technology: What does it mean for BMETs?

David Scott, Senior BMET, UCHealth Wearable medical technology is the future of medical equipment. How will it affect our jobs as BMETs? What will it mean to hospital systems? How can it be used to have a healthier patient population? These questions will be answered in this presentation. Find out what the future holds.

Memorial Hermann’s Journey to Medical Device Security

Umair Siddiqui, AVP of Clinical Engineering & Asset Management at Memorial Hermann Health System and Ben Stock, Director of Healthcare Product Management, Ordr

Creating a medical device security playbook can be a daunting task. The presenters will share best practices for securing these connected devices.

2:45-3:45 PM

A New Approach: Utilization-Driven Management for Infusion Pumps

Connor Roberts, CEO, Opal HTM

This presentation will detail the groundbreaking investigation

conducted by George Washington University and Opal HTM uncovering the relationship between infusion pump utilization and repairs. Participants will learn about the motivation, methodology and findings of the study. They will learn how to apply similar analysis techniques to improve device management within their organizations.

What My 3-year-old Taught Me About Leadership

Shawn Molloy, System Director, Trimedx

Join Shawn for an inspirational, heartwarming and educational journey as he shares stories and life lessons of leadership and fatherhood from his pursuit of senior leadership while being a father to a wonderful and adventurous toddler and how being one made him better at the other.

Managing Large-scale Medical Equipment Installations: A VHA Perspective

Tehya Pavelka, Biomedical Engineer, and Adetoun Komolafe, Biomedical Engineer, VA North Texas Healthcare System

This session will explain large-scale equipment installations managed by the biomedical engineers at VA North Texas Healthcare System. Speakers will explain the details of the process from planning to procurement to installation and sustainment. The intricacies of the VA system and its relationship to the HTM department will be explained and the lessons learned from the experience will be provided. This session should help provide better guidance for newer entry-level professionals for managing largescale equipment installations both from a VA and general perspective.

Implementing a Medical Device Security Program: Aligning with System Strengths

James (Jim) J. Caporali, MS, CRES, CHOP-B, CLSSBB, SASHE, FACCE, AAMIF, Corporate Director of Biomedical Equipment Services, Quorum Health Corporation, and Matt Dimino, CISM, HCISPP, and CRISC, CSO, Clinical and OT Security, First Health Advisory

Penn State Health was faced with the challenge of remediating cybersecurity audit findings. While most critical activities and systems were accounted for, medical device security practices were heavily scrutinized, and the audit findings shed light on a security gap in the organization. The clinical engineering department was accountable for the remediation of the audit findings. With limited internal

resources being available to engage in the audit remediation, Penn State Health sought out a comprehensive offering that would satisfy the requirements defined in the audit and assist in building a long-term, sustainable solution for medical device security. This case study will share the methodical approach to satisfying the audit findings while creating an iterative program. It will also share lessons learned along the way.

Dealing with 'Karens' in the Workplace

Brian Wilson, ISE 3,

Trimedx

Health care can be a challenging environment and full of confrontation. This presentation will help the HTM technician navigate through the pitfalls of dealing with difficult and uncooperative coworkers and clinicians.

4-5 PM

HTM-at-Home

Carol Davis-Smith, President, Carol Davis-Smith & Associates

Remote patient monitoring and hospital-at-home implementations were enabled by COVID-driven FDA emergency use authorizations with varying levels of success. Some industry pundits suggest that the success of these innovative programs is influenced as much by community infrastructure as patient compliance. A panel of HTM thought leaders will share their observations, experiences and predictions related to HTM services delivered in support of these programs that extend well beyond the hospital walls.

Jewel Newell, CEO, Newell Recruiting and Consulting LLC and David Braeutigam, Collin College

This presentation will inform and engage on best practices in writing a winning resume and being able to engage the interviewer with confidence, professionalism and positivity. This will include a tabletop exercise to get the room involved in sharing interview experiences and knowledge so that others may gain insight.

Right to Repair: What you need to know and how to contribute

Right to repair is an issue of increasing importance and urgency in the healthcare technology management (HTM) community. In recent decades, a formerly harmonious relationship between most manufacturers and clinical engineering/HTM professionals has been strained by some manufacturers’ practice of restricting access to parts, tools, documentation and software. Frustration with the resulting equipment downtime and additional costs has caused many HTM professionals to join the call for medical right to repair, which has been considered in dozens of states and at the federal level. In this session, we’ll discuss the issues at the core of this debate – including concerns about patient safety, remanufacturing, cybersecurity and more – and share updates on the progress of medical right to repair legislation.

Crushing the Interview: A Tabletop Exercise on Presenting the Best You!

Binseng Wang, VP, Program Management, Sodexo Healthcare Technology Management and Kevin O’Reilly, US PIRG

April 11–13, 2023 • Houston, TX

1015 Tyrone Road, Ste. 120 Tyrone, GA 30290 www.mdexposhow.com