From the Education Committee Desk The 2020-2021 Education Webinar series continued with 2 additional sessions: The first was held on December 10th , with panelists Martin Poulin of Island Health-Canada, Bill Gentles of CESO-Canada, Matt Baretich of Baretich Engineering-US, and moderated by Arleen Thukral. The panelists discussed different approaches to Preventive Maintenance applied in Canada, US, and internationally. For our second session on January
Hear what’s new in Joint Commission standards related to medical equipment management
14th,, we had David Guffrey of Mass General Brigham as our returning speaker, and Christine Vogel was our moderator. David presented an overview of tabletop and laboratory -based risk assessment processes for medical device systems. Additionally, he presented methods for using assessment data to reduce
organizational risk via integration of findings into procurement language and contract development. Don’t miss our upcoming Educational webinars for the months of February, “Joint Commission Update”, and March, “Transitioning Culture, the Change to CE-IT” .
Working together with IT to bridge the communication and process gaps. Change management, disaster recovery and converged systems.
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If you missed last month’s webinar, you can view it here. ACCE News
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