Securing medical devices from cyberattacks during all stages of the product deployment life cycle is a heavy burden for HDOs. In this "Voices from the Field" blog post, Dinesh Katiyar, Head of Business Development for ASIMILY, explains how MDMs can step up to make even legacy devices less vulnerable to bad actors.

Are you new to the HTM field, or do you feel like you’re in a bit of a career rut? Then you need to start setting goals and planning your next steps no differently than you wo...

According to a recent ...

Investigating medical device incidents is tedious, time consuming, and involves multiple stakeholders. “Medical device cybersecurity” incidents, on the other hand, can be a mi...

Here we are one-third of the way through 2022, with COVID restrictions lifting (or returning), a war in Ukraine dominating headlines, and fuel prices having worldwide downstre...

The deadline to register for the May 2022 Certified Biomedical Equipment Technician (CBET) testing window is coming up on...

By now, most facilities are familiar with the 2015 national standard, ST91, from AAMI, entitled Flexible and semi-rigid endoscope processing in health care facilities...

I began working in standards development at AAMI about a year out of college, more than 25 years ago. Before that, I had no idea that standards even existed! I assumed that th...

When looking at an operating room similar to the one in this photo, how many types of medical devices and clinical information systems can you spot?* ...

My name is Andrew Ellis—I’m a 39-year-old cisgender gay white male and an imaging engineer in Phoenix, AZ.

When I started ...

We’re moving to Canada this summer! My wife, Denise, is a public health nurse, and we both want to experience working in a country that regards healthcare as a right....

Last year, I celebrated my 50th birthday. This milestone had me reflecting on the paths I’ve chosen in my life my career, and the healthcare technology management (HTM) indust...

Last year, I celebrated my 50th birthday. This milestone had me reflecting on the paths I’ve chosen in my life my career, and the healthcare technology management (HTM) industry.

This year has brought challenges that we never expected would happen. The changing environments and the speed of change h...

The year 2020 has tested us all. For the different health technology fields, the year will forever be remembered as one dominated by COVID-19. There's no way to describe the v...

As we all know, the typical standards revision cycle for updating documents can take quite a long time. One very well-known standard, ANSI/AAMI ST79: Comprehensive Guide t...

By now, I assume that everybody has heard of the cybersecurity incident at the University Clinic in Düsseldorf, Germany, where a ransomware attack crippled the IT system, requ...

I want to share a personal story about an encounter I had early in my career, retold recently to the University of Connecticut's Academy of Distinguished Engineers....

Like a lot of you, I have spent quite a bit of time watching shows during the COVID-19 pandemic. I recently watched The Last Dance series on ESPN, which profiled the ...