title: Best practices for health technology management. Valuable lessons from the 2010 Health Devices Achievement Award finalists.
abstract: The annual health devices achievement award competition provides a valuable opportunity for us to learn about--and share--some of the outstanding technology management initiatives implemented by our members. This year's top submissions describe best practices and effective techniques that other healthcare facilities can emulate to improve patient safety, reduce costs, and facilitate better strategic management of health technology.
mesh_terms: D001363:Awards and Prizes; D019985:Benchmarking / Q000379:methods; D020811:Biomedical Technology / Q000592:standards*; D004868:Equipment Failure; D006801:Humans; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000379:methods; D017751:Safety Management / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards