Capitol Region News

The bedside panels can be upright and look closed but not be securely latched, causing the potential for infants to fall. GE Healthcare Recalls Giraffe and Panda i-Res Infant Warmers U.S. Food and Drug Administration12.18.19 The FDA…

CALL FOR PRESENTERS Be a part of the premier conference for healthcare technology management by presenting an educational session at MD Expo Irvine, April 20-22, 2020. Benefits of presenting at MD Expo include: Sharing your knowledge and experience Being recognized…

By K. Richard Douglas With the right skill set and insights, the next generation of HTM leadership will be well prepared and confident. Dale Carnagey was born in the late 1800s and was the son of a poor farmer…

Congratulations to the 2019 CMIA Achievement Awards recipients!! Mike Powell from Community Regional Medical Center Ulysses Caiati retired Biomed tech Marie Xiong from Valley Children’s Hospital

UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center Auditorium hosted the presentation on IoMT: Automating Medical Device Management this August 22, 2019.

The Frank Yip Scholarship Fund was established by the CMIA Board of Directors in 1998. It was created to honor the memory of Franklin Yip after his untimely passing. CMIA officers and members worked diligently to create and refine the…

Held on June 7-10, the 2019 AAMI Exchange was a total success and once again, the CMIA was a big part of it. Biomedical and clinical engineers, technicians, cybersecurity and sterilization experts, and hospital administrators and managers and the…

Herman A. McKenzie, MBA, CHSP Acting Director, Department of Engineering Herman McKenzie is currently the Acting Director, Department of Engineering in the Standards Interpretation Group at The Joint Commission. In this role, he manages all activities associated with the daily…

Mark your calendars now for the 2020 CMIA Conference in San Diego on Friday, January 24 and Saturday 25, 2020! The premier conference for those in Healthcare Technology Management is expanded this year to a three-day event including a…

Sometimes, the best way to improve a field is to break the rules. That's why AAMI and TRIMEDX have partnered to create a new annual award that will honor former AAMI Board Member John Daniel Hughes Jr,…

Paul Kelley has been selected to receive the Spirit of AAMI Award based on his outstanding contributions as an AAMI member and his numerous volunteer efforts within the association. For more than two decades, Kelley has exemplified what…

Welcome Frank Zendejas and his Fresno City College Biomed students. CMIA and the whole HTM community look forward to working with these fine young students.

Dave Majeno Volunteer, Medical Ministries Co-Owner, Advanced Biomedical Dave Majeno was raised by his single mother in Oakhurt, California.  He spent a majority of his time with his retired scientist grandfather, whom he admired. …

We are looking for HTM professionals who have a strong IT background to join this group. Currently the group is mostly comprised of industry-based IT Professionals and we are looking to get a more even distribution of industry…

Congratulations to the Capitol Chapter for being awarded the CMIA Chapter of the Year!

David Scott, CABMET Certification Study Group Organizer, Children’s Hospital Colorado Do you want to elevate your career to a new level? Have you thought about becoming a Certified Biomedical…

We have a venue and Dates for the 2020 CMIA Conference. The conference will be at the Crowne Plaza San Diego, Hidden Valley on Friday, January 24th and Saturday, January 25th. We will update the event with information as…