Basement to Bedside

Is HTM certification worth it? On this episode of Basement to Bedside, AAMI Vice President of HTM Danielle McGeary and HTMA Ohio President Ryan Gonzalez speak with Don Armstrong, Director of Technical Training at Renovo Solutions, AAMI Fellow, and AAMI faculty member. Don is one of the few professionals to hold all four AAMI healthcare technology management (HTM) certifications: CBET, CHTM, CRES,...

How should hospitals decide which medical equipment to replace, and when? On this episode of the Basement to Bedside podcast, AAMI Chief Growth Officer Robert Burroughs and AAMI Vice President of HTM Danielle McGeary welcome Dustin Telford of Staritas to discuss predictive capital replacement planning, legacy device cybersecurity, and the data quality challenges facing healthcare technology manage...

Ty Greenhalgh, cybersecurity expert at Armis by ServiceNow, joins Basement to Bedside hosts Danielle McGeary and Ryan Gonzalez to discuss how AI has already changed healthcare technology management (HTM) and the major implications for medical device cybersecurity.

Matt Baretich, PhD., joins Danielle McGeary and Ryan Gonzalez on the Basement to Bedside podcast to discuss what your role as a biomedical or clinical engineer is during an incident investigation. Learn how to navigate situations where devices malfunction and how to gather evidence after an incident.

Dr. Samantha Jacques joins Basement to Bedside hosts Danielle McGeary and Ryan Gonzalez to discuss how you can get ready for the next time Joint Commission comes to your hospital, and navigate Accreditation 360. Check out the episode for a candid discussion on competencies, working with surveyors, and the importance of NFPA 99. Show Notes: 1. More on Accreditation 360: https://www.jointcommission....

What's the difference between the career path of a BMET vs a clinical engineer? Carol Davis-Smith, a veteran clinical engineer, joins AAMI's Danielle McGeary and Ryan Gonzalez of HTMA-OH on the Basement to Bedside podcast to discuss the education, career paths, and teamwork that make these two tracks in the HTM field vital to patient care.

Whitney Bailey, Senior Director of Biomedical Engineering and Clinical Technology Services at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), joins us for this very special episode of AAMI’s Basement to Bedside podcast to talk about how her facility combines state-of-the-art technology and HTM practices with flawless pediatric patient care. Plus, our hosts Danielle McGeary and Robert Burroughs rev...

Joint Commission has made some major changes to its HTM standards. Is your department still compliant? Check out this episode of AAMI’s HTM podcast, Basement to Bedside, as we interview Kenneth Colavito and Henry ‘Hank’ Stankiewicz of Sigma Health Consulting about what you should expect from Joint Commission. Plus, an in-depth discussion on how to manage year-over-year capital planning at your hos...

Basement to Bedside is a new, quarterly news podcast from AAMI focused on the HTM field. In it, we cover the biggest trends in the field and interview the BMETs and biomedical engineers who bring safe and effective medical devices from the basement of the hospital to each patient’s bedside. Join us for the inaugural episode! Join us for this first episode as we cover AAMI’s expansion into the dent...