AAMI's Healthcare Technology Leadership Committee has developed a new guide for HTM departments looking to establish biomedical equipment technician training programs, internships or volunteering.

Six competing computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) suppliers recently set aside their differences to standardize how medical device failure codes are configured. The ultimate goal is to create more consistent and actionable data for HTM.

Experts from industry and the U.S. FDA recently joined forces to publish the new technical information report, AAMI TIR105:2020. It provides recommendations for identifying and proactively avoiding risks to patients and users throughout the life cycle of combination products.

AAMI is releasing Complete Dialysis Collection: 2020 edition, a comprehensive collection of fourteen dialysis standards. New editions of the book will be regularly released to keep pace with the rapidly changing dialysis landscape.

Leading industrial sterilization experts are calling on their peers to share their expertise for optimizing sterilization practices by submitting an article for a special issue of AAMI’s peer-reviewed journal, BI&T.

AAMI has released the provisional standard HIT 1000-4: Application of Human Factors Engineering, the latest in a suite of provisional standards designed to establish important efficacy and safety standards for unregulated health software.

Following a unique collaboration between medical industry leaders, AAMI has published a collection of articles showcasing the best practices and alternative strategies for medical device and packaging sterilization. Shared as an 88-page free resource through AAMI’s Biomedical Instrumentation & Technology, the publication offers 11 articles from experts representing a range of influential organizations within the medical industry. 

AAMI has announced the launch of the CABT certification. Aimed at professionals considering or just starting a career in HTM, the CABT helps professionals show that they possess the fundamental skillset to meet the growing demands of the HTM field while ensuring a high level of competency.

AAMI’s acting vice president of standards, Amanda Benedict was recently awarded the SES/CSA Lorne K. Wagner Memorial Award for outstanding contribution to the Society for Standards Professionals (SES). 

AAMI's COVID-19 response team has released two consensus reports (CRs) to guide manufacturers in making safe and reliable ventilatory assistance helmets - bubble-like helmets designed to delay a patient's for an invasive mechanical ventilator.

Recognizing Costa Rica's growing importance to medical device manufacturing, the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI) has joined forces with the Costa Rican Investment Promotion Agency (CINDE). The collaboration will bring the highest quality professional training in standards utilization and product development to Costa Rica’s device manufacturing campuses.

AAMI is announcing a new strategic partnership with Amplifire, the leader in leveraging cognitive science to radically improve training outcomes. As a part of the partnership, AAMI will become a member of the Amplifire Healthcare Alliance, leveraging AAMI expertise to add medical device and health technology courses to the Alliance network.

The two prominent medical device organizations will connect their membership and partner networks to work on advancing security for life-saving devices. The Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI) and the Archimedes Center for Medical Device Security will work together to connect their networks of medical device and health technology management (HTM) professionals across the country.

The AAMI Foundation has named Poching DeLaurentis of Purdue University and Ekundayo Shittu of George Washington University as the 2020 recipients of the Mary K. Logan Research Award Program. Two grants, worth a total of more than $119,000, will support research initiatives that focus on improving patient safety and eliminating morbidity and mortality associated with the use of healthcare technology.

Technical information report AAMI/ISO TIR24971:2020 is an important update in risk management standard to ensure the safety and efficacy of medical devices in an age of constantly improving technologies.

The death of George Floyd in the custody of a Minneapolis police officer was repugnant and serves as a visible call to action for our nation. Millions of Americans have protested the grotesqueness of this incident, as well as those that resulted in the deaths of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and too many others.  The raising of so many voices in protest of racially motivated abuse and violence are an exhortation for all Americans to do something, and we must.

AAMI has launched an interactive, online Summer Learning Series of 36 educational sessions designed to tackle many of the biggest topics in health technology, sterilization, and regulations. 

COVID-19 hot spots across the nation are receiving 6,000 3D-printed face shields to protect the healthcare technology management (HTM) professionals responsible for managing and maintaining critical medical devices and equipment, such as ventilators. Distributed by AAMI, the first shipment is planned to arrive in Hagerstown, MD, via volunteer flight organization AeroBridge on Thursday, June 11. Media are invited to attend.

The world of health technology standards and regulations is changing faster than ever. That’s why, for the first time, AAMI is offering key sessions from its renowned International Conference on Medical Device Standards and Regulation in an online format.