by
John R. Fischer, Senior Reporter | May 26, 2019
One benefit to HTM departments working with IT is that
the two can exchange knowledge about their respective
backgrounds that help each understand how devices and the
systems they are integrated with work, and how to fix them quicker.
While the main objective is to provide safe, fast and quality care for patients, another is to teach the ins and outs of each department and the skills each team brings to the table, so that IT and HTM personnel can distinguish problems they can handle alone from ones that require both of them. In addition, exposure to one another enables the exchange of knowledge and skills that could prove handy when working together or alone.
“By keeping up with technology advancements, we can lean on and utilize the knowledge from the IT side to help advance our level of expertise amongst our staff,” said Busdicker. “It goes in the opposite direction too, there’s some information on the clinical side of the equipment HTM can provide to IT personnel, who may not have this knowledge when they come into the healthcare field.”
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