Conference Sessions Excellence by Design – Don’t Let Medical Equipment End-of-Life Be the End of You!
Objectives
Attendees will learn the importance and milestones associated with the three end-of-life categories – technical, clinical, and financial.
Session Abstract
“It depends.” That’s my response when someone asks, “Is this device end of life?” Unfortunately, there isn’t a universal definition of end-of-life … until now. Attendees will learn the importance and milestones associated with the three end of life categories. Interactive case study examples will be used to illustrate concepts and leverage attendee experiences along with those of the speakers.
The session should be immediately applicable to clinical engineers, supervisors, managers, directors and other management roles. Those individuals seeking to advance into engineering and/or management roles will find the session useful in developing perspective and skills that will support career growth.
Speaker Profiles
Carol is a proven leader in the development and maintenance of safe, reliable, cost effective, and efficient patient care delivery systems through technology and process management. She has 30 years’ experience in academic and not-for-profit medical centers, group purchasing, consulting, and executive leadership. Through collaborative leadership and technical engagement, she continues to build successful teams across all aspects of the medical device lifecycle.
In addition to her private consulting work, Carol serves as the Director of the University of Connecticut Clinical Engineering Internship Program within the university’s Biomedical Engineering Department.
The breadth and depth of Carol’s professional experience set a solid foundation from which to build meaningful client relationships. As the vice president of Clinical Technology for Kaiser Permanente, Carol developed and implemented corporate strategies and initiatives related to the clinical technology lifecycle. Prior to Kaiser Permanente, she was responsible for the development, marketing, and delivery of clinical capital lifecycle consulting services for Premier, Inc. Carol began her clinical engineering career at Barnes Hospital (St. Louis, MO), which subsequently became BJC HealthCare, where she managed medical device evaluation, procurement, and deployment projects along with personnel management of an IT desktop support team.
She also served as the vice chair of clinical engineering for the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI) Board of Directors and is a former (founding) member of the AAMI Technology Management Council. Additionally, she is a member of the American College of Clinical Engineering (ACCE) and former member of the United States Board of Examiners for Clinical Engineering Certification.
Throughout her career, Carol has provided support in all areas of the healthcare technology lifecycle and has presented and published numerous papers on a variety of clinical engineering, capital contracting, risk management, and leadership topics.
Carol holds a Master of Science degree in electrical and computer engineering – clinical engineering – from the University of Arizona and a Bachelor of Science in bioengineering technology from the University of Dayton. She is a certified clinical engineer and a Fellow in the American College of Clinical Engineering (FACCE) and the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMIF).
