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Horizons: Improving Medical Alarm Systems

AAMI President
Mary Logan, JD, CAE

Senior Vice President of Communications and Marketing
Steve Campbell

Director of Publications
Sean Loughlin

Managing Editor
Jill Schlabig Williams

EDITORIAL ADVISORS

Patricia Anglin-Regal, RN, MPH, Massachusetts General Hospital
David Braeutigam, Baylor Health Care System
George Bricker, Southern Illinois University
Robert D. Butterfield, CareFusion
Todd Cooper, 80001 Experts
Steven Dain, MD, University of Western Ontario
Bikram Day, CapsuleTech, Inc.
Peter Doyle, The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Anthony Easty, University Health Network/University of Toronto
Ken Fuchs, Mindray North America
John Hedley-Whyte, MD, Harvard University
Jeffrey Hooper, Children's National Medical Center
Edmond Israelski, Abbott Laboratories
Alan Lipschultz, PE CCE, Christiana Care Health System
Kenneth E. Maddock, Baylor Health Care System
Steve Merritt, Baystate Health
Bob North, Human Centered Strategies
Dave Osborn, Philips Healthcare
Carl Pantiskas, Draeger Medical Systems
John Rhoads, Philips Healthcare
Glenn Scales, Duke University Health System
Paul Schluter, PhD, GE Healthcare
Robert Stiefel, RHS Biomedical Engineering Consulting LLC
Denny Treu, NxStage Medical Inc.
Stephen B. Wilcox, PhD, FIDSA, Design Science

PUBLICATION INFORMATION

Horizons: AlarmsHorizons is a supplement to Biomedical Instrumentation & Technology (ISSN 0899-8205) and is published twice a year by the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI), 4301 N. Fairfax Drive, Suite 301, Arlington, VA 22203- 1633; 703-525-4890. © 2011, Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation. Publishing services provided by Allen Press Publishing Services.

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