The Prison of Expertise: When Experts Aren’t the Best Healthcare Technology Management Teachers   By George Hampton I recently listened to an NPR Hidden Brain podcast during which they discussed the idea of experts serving as teachers. It seems like a forgone conclusion that this should be the case — that READ MORE

TKA Sponsors the 10th Annual Brian W. Schira Golf Tournament   In September, TKA sponsored the 10th Annual Brian W. Schira 102 Scholarship Fund Golf Tournament. Our CFO, Jeff Niederhausen, sits on the board and helped start the foundation in memory of childhood friend, Brian Schira, who was killed in the line READ MORE

TKA Tech Talks: Marie Xiong   Q: What is your role at TKA? Describe what you do day-to-day. A: I am a CBET & Biomedical Equipment Tech III onsite at Valley Children’s Hospital located in the heart of California in Madera, CA. I repair and maintain a variety of medical equipment according READ MORE

Taking the Mystery Out of Your Cost of Service To Understand Your Cost-to-Value Ratio and Savings Opportunities   By Stephen Taylor What is the cost of service to maintain all of your clinical equipment? That’s pretty easy to answer, right? Now let’s get real — what is your actual cost of READ MORE

The Benefits of a Clinical Equipment Maintenance Program   By Dave Francoeur Where is it? Is it being used? Is it broken? Is it clean? Every day, hospital clinical staff waste valuable time asking these questions about portable clinical devices — questions an established clinical equipment maintenance program would render moot, READ MORE