San Diego CMIA - Previous Meetings

October, 2007 Meeting at Scripps Memorial - La Jolla
  Networking and Dinner
  Business - Create a study group for the June, 2008 AAMI BIOMED certification examination in San Jose?
  Program - What Biomeds Should Know About Incident Investigation,
                        Documentation and Court Procedures
        Jerome T. Anderson, C.B.E.T., C.C.E.

Mr. Anderson has over 30 years experience in clinical engineering and undergraduate training in life sciences and postgraduate work in biomedical technology and clinical engineering at San Diego State University and University of California Medical Center, San Francisco. Prior to establishing Biomedical Consulting Services he was Director of Biomedical Engineering for St. Joseph Hospital of Orange and Children's Hospital of Orange County and other biomedical engineering positions. Of note he was one of the biomedical engineers on the shipboard recovery crew for the Apollo 14 moon flight. Click here to view the complete presentation.

February, 2007 Meeting at Scripps Memorial - La Jolla
  Networking and Dinner compliments of GE Healthcare
  Business - Distribute 2007 Membership Certificates
  Program - HIPAA and Securing the Healthcare IT Environment
        Jim Rizzo, IT Trainer, Technical Training Department, GE Healthcare

The convergence of Biomeds and Information Technology (IT) with regards to HIPAA compliance and biomedical IT security. Jim presented an overview and discussed areas of concern for Biomeds such as security and integrety of data and the Manufacturer Disclosure Statement for Medical Device Security (MDS2). Click here to view the complete presentation.

January, 2007 Meeting at UCSD - Hillcrest
  Networking and Dinner compliments of Conmed Electrosurgery
  Business - Review of 2007 State Board Meeting
  Program - ESU Troubleshooting Issues and PM
        Ken Taylor, PhD; VP R&D Conmed Electrosurgery

A unique opportunity to meet the designer of the best of the current ESUs, Ken Taylor PhD Biomedical Engineer has designed for Valley Lab (Valley Lab Force FX) and is currently Vice President of R&D at ConMed Electrosurgery. He presented at the history of the ESU from the original Bovie (he used to perform PMs at a Hartford, CT hospital),current designs, how and why it works, safety concerns, common faults, future designs, troubleshooting and Planned Maintenance procedures

November, 2006 Meeting at Scripps Mercy
  Networking and Dinner compliments of GE Healthcare
  Business - Election of 2007 Officers
  Program - Endoscope Troubleshooting Issues and PM
        Terry D Kern, Endoscopy Depot Manager, Services, GE Healthcare

Terry's organization repairs over 200 endoscopes per month for GE Healthcare maintenance service organizations and medical institutions. He provided an insight into the complexity of scopes (e.g., many channels, mechanisms, and optics) and tasks which may be accomplished by Biomeds in their facilities through many pictures of actual units under repair and some that were beyond. More extensive repairs he suggested should be left to organizations (manufacturers or independents) dedicated to repairs with an inventory of proper (and expensive) tools. Most repairs are due to mishandling, coiling too tightly, and abuse during sterilization. Thus training all personnel that come in contact with the devices will lead to their longevity and reduced repair costs. Coincidently last month's 24x7 contained an article about endoscope repair. Click here to view it.

September, 2006 Meeting at Sharp Memorial
  Networking and Dinner compliments of Steris Corporation
  Program - Sterilizer Function and First Call Trouble Shooting
        Simon Cruickshank, District Service Manager, Steris Corporation
        Chuck Gale, San Diego Service Supervisor, Steris Corporation
        Conrad Salinas, Steris Corporation

An excellent insight into what to do as a first responder when a hospital’s sterilizer has issues. Simon and Chuck gave an overview of steam sterilizer manufacturers, Steris history and common actions to take when one is failing. Then Chuck and Conrad demonstrated these procedures on two Sharp Memorial Hospital’s units. The demostrations elicited questions and so the session continued for at least a half-hour beyond the schedule. Click here to view a short course on hospital sterilization procedures an select document 018. Or click here for an interesting article about improper procedurees.

June, 2006 Meeting at UCSD Hillcrest
  Networking and Dinner compliments of Conquest Imaging
  Program - Ultrasonic Imaging Basics and Phantoms
        Mark Conrad – President and Founder of Conquest Imaging
        David Smith – Director of Training and Education of Conquest Imaging

An excellent presentation on the basics of Ultrasonic Imaging, formats, image types and use of phantoms. This was followed by a hands on demonstration of.the presentation with a large system and several phantoms. The excellence of the presentation was shown by virtually everyone staying as the presentation went over the schedule by 3/4 of an hour and most stayed to witness the demonstration. Click here to view an annotated version of the entire presentation.

April, 2006 Meeting at Sharp HealthCare
  Networking and Dinner compliments of Nihon Kohden
  Program - Smart Cable Technology
    presented by Kevin Standent, Director of Technical Operations of Nihon Kohden

An alternative to traditional Module based physiologic monitoring systems

February, 2006 Meeting at Sharp HealthCare
  Networking and Dinner compliments of Medtronic Physio-Control
  Ballot to update state organizing documents
  Program - Defibrillator Technologies - High vs. Low Energy
    presented by Ted Carr of Medtronic - Physio-Control and Mike Slaton - Zoll Medical

You missed an excellent meeting on defibrillator technologies. Both Zoll and Medtronic Pysio-Control agreed that published studies show superiority of biphase over monophase waveforms and no significant difference between brands. Guests from Fluke Medical and Aramark provided colorful insight into the background and choice of standards.

December, 2005 Meeting at UCSD Hillcrest
  Networking and Dinner compliments of GE Medical
  Elections for 2006 Officers see results
  Program - Principals of Ventilation
    presented by Stacey Szabo GE Healthcare

September, 2005 3-Hour Class at Sharp HealthCare
Networking and Lunch compliments of Datex-Ohmeda (GE)
Program -Principals of Anesthesia & Basic Troubleshooting
Curt Byerly (Datex-Ohmeda (GE) regional trainer) a presented the history and general information on anesthesia and anesthesia machines. Rick Rambo (President CMIA) demonstrated basic troubleshooting techniques on a system courtesy of Datex-Ohmeda (GE). This 3-hour session was designed to give general knowledge to those not conversant with the technology and systems. It will disprove the belief, by some, that anesthesia is black magic or rocket science but not replace the week long classes provided by manufacturers for maintaining their systems. This class is also designed to serve as continuing education for Biomeds. Your management may permit attendance on company time, pay for the class and count this towards your continuing education requirements. A certificate of attendance was awarded.

June, 2005 Meeting at Sharp Memorial
  Networking and Dinner compliments of RSTI
  Program -PACS, and Filmless Image Management
Presented by Todd Boyland trainer with Radiological Service Training Institute (RSTI) PACS is everywhere, we’ve all heard of it, but what is really meant by “PACS”? Disscussed were the concepts that comprise today’s image management systems as well as the skills that are necessary to implement, maintain, and troubleshoot today’s complex systems. The discussion will include how all of the following concepts “Integrate” to create filmless image management systems:
  • Networking – basic concepts
  • TCP/IP – why this is used
  • DR/CR – differences along with digital image conversion
  • DICOM – Standard compatibility
  • HIPAA – Laws governing protecting patient health information
  • HL7 – Health Level 7 Standard

Novemeber, 2004 Meeting at AwarePoint
  Networking and Dinner compliments of AwarePoint
  Program -Equipment Tracking in Healthcare: An Overview of Real-Time
  Location Systems followed by a status report by the user of the Naval Medical
  Center San Diego (Balboa) installation and a demonstration of the system.
  Click here to learn more about "AwarePoint's real-time asset location".
  Elections for 2005 were held. Dinner and door prizes compliments of AwarePoint

September, 2004 Meeting at Alaris Medical Center
  Networking and Dinner compliments of Alaris
  Program - End Tidal CO2 Clinical Aspects and Measurement Strategies.
  Discussion of elections for the next meeting and request for candidates.

May, 2004 Meeting at Veterans Medical Center
  Networking and Dinner compliments of TISCOR
  Presentation of corporate membership to Alaris
  Program - Bar Code Technology for Equipment and Patient Applications
  Door prizes - compliments of TISCOR
  Discussion of potential future meeting topics

March, 2004 Meeting at Sharp Memorial Hospital
  Networking and Dinner compliments of Philips Medical Systems
  Presentation of membership cards
  Program - Changing Wireless Technologies
     click here to view the presentation
  Door prizes - compliments of Philips Medical Systems

January, 2004 Meeting at Scripps Mercy Hospital
  Networking and Dinner compliments of Fluke & AKW Medical
  Presentation of Corporate Sponsor plaques to TISCOR and AKW,
     and the chapter's first membership cards
  Program - Local Area Networks (LAN), a Clinical BMET View:
    Discussion and Demonstration
  Door prizes - compliments of Fluke Multimeter

October, 2003 Meeting at UCSD Thornton Hospital
  Networking and Dinner compliments of UCSD
  Business and Planning the Chapter's Future
  Program - Ultrasound System Maintenance by Anthony Cecena
  Door prize raffle - Fluke Multimeter
    compliments of Al Wright, AKW Medical

September, 2003 Meeting at Scripps Green Hospital
  Networking and dinner compliments of DataScope
  Chapter formation and election of officers
  Program - History of Clinical Instrumentation at DataScope
    by David Kiwas
  New Instrumentation Developments for Diabetic Patients
    by David Gough, UCSD Professor of Bioengineering

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