Washington State Biomedical Association

Keep checking back here to see the latest information regarding the WSBA Symposium coming up in a few months.

Check out the video of last month’s meeting at Seattle Children’s Hospital.

Jim Carr from Unisyn Medical Technologies speaks about modern test equipment for diagnostic imaging systems.

May Meeting of the WSBA

Topic:                        Migrating Ultrasound Service to In-House

Keynote Speaker:      Matt Tomory, Conquest Imaging

Where:                                Evergreen Hospital, Tan 100

When: Wednesday, May 19, 2010;    5:30 – 8:00pm

 

Schedule: 5:30 to 6:00 pm – Dinner provided by Conquest Imaging

6:00 to 6:20 pm – WSBA Business

6:20 to 6:30 pm – Introduction of Keynote Speaker

6:30 to 8:00 pm – Presentation by Conquest Imaging

Directions: Follow signs to the Blue Entrance and park in the Blue Parking Garage. Take the Tan elevator to the ground floor and follow the sidewalk to the entrance of the Evergreen Surgery and Physicians Center building. When you enter the building, you will be on the second floor. Take the elevator or stairs down to the first floor. The meeting is in Tan 100.

 

Please RSVP: secretary@bmet.org

 

 

It is with great pleasure that I announce the winners of the WSBA Scholarship Award. Congratulations go to first year student Lonny Stephens, and second year student William Cooper, who each won $500 for their submission on the topic of “What is My Motivation for Entering the Patient Care Equipment Field to Work as a Biomedical Equipment Technician?” I would like to thank the seven other entrants who also submitted essays for consideration.

Thanks also to the judges, Tom Hudon, Corrie Schumacher, Viki Philips, Dennis McMahon, Teri Anderson and Lynda Wilkinson.

The WSBA is proud to support the BMET program at North Seattle Community College.

Greetings and welcome to a new year with the Washington State Biomedical Association! We’re off to a great start with our first meeting which was held January 20^th at Swedish Medical Center’s Ballard campus. Thank you to the folks at Swedish!

I’d like to take this opportunity to introduce you to our new President-Elect, Jeff Schweer. I’d also like to thank Sandy Whyte, Corrie Schumacher, Jeannie Jazuk-Dunn and Geoff McAlpin for agreeing to stay on for another year and keep things running smoothly.

Your officers have been discussing ways of encouraging more member participation and we would like your feedback on these ideas:

• Holding meetings on Fridays instead of Wednesdays
• Video taping meetings for web broadcast
• Rolling the annual meeting in with the symposium
• Holding a CBET study class

I also wanted to take a moment and give a belated “Thank you!” to Philips for once again hosting the annual meeting at their Bothell facilities.

New Document Offers Guidance on “First Call” Responsibilities
For Healthcare Networking Issues
New guidance is now available to help clinical engineering (CE) and information technology (IT) departments sort out service calls.
The CE-IT Community has published a guidance document designed to help healthcare facilities assign “first call” duties between CE and IT departments.
The CE-IT Community—a collaboration among members of the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI), the American College of Clinical Engineering (ACCE), and the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS)—was created in 2008 to develop resources, best practices and networking opportunities to address CE-IT convergence issues in healthcare.
Traditionally CE services medical devices while IT handles networks and personal computers (PC). But as medical devices become more computerized and integrated into networks, the lines of responsibility have blurred.
The new guidance document—entitled Best Practices For Assigning First Call Responsibilities For Healthcare Networking Issues—offers advice for creating a system of support.

CEIT_FirstCall_GuidanceDocument

Slainte’ Mhath, Sandy.