Geoff you quite right , in the Grand Scheme of Things, many things come , and most go - however its been quite a while since we used carrier pigeons . Is it not the nature of the free market for ideas to be cultivated , put forward and tested ie Evidence Based PM’s ( EM PMs) – from the link below :
http://thetracejournal.com/u/Philips/bYXiyHsN1sROBJNLkLf/660185/Feature-Story.htm“CMS has had a regulation for many years that basically says that if you receive funds for Medicare or Medicaid patients, you must maintain equipment according to the manufacturers' recommendations.”
If we all accepted that things are the way they are , then EB PM’s would never have been considered – there is nothing wrong with a healthily disregard for the rules , regulations and standards and in an open forum like this hopefully “we can all move forward “ [ my kids love the Ratatouille movie – I must have watched it a 1000 times by now ]
Hospital based biomeds are ideally situated to make big contributions to moving forward in patient safety , cost of ownership etc etc but unless more people stand up the basement workshop will become a permanent fixture for biomed departments – remember the typists from days gone by , they never saw what hit them and don’t think it can’t happen to us , in general we a disorganised bunch ( ie the Engineers Australia link ) who don’t support one another .
