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There is a certain freedom that comes with doing it all. Having the in-house resources to solve a problem means the problem can be solved quickly and efficiently, resulting in little impact on patient care as well as the bottom line. This is especially true for health systems located in smaller cities and regions, where manufacturer representatives and other technical service people tend not to be located.

As regional director of Mercy clinical engineering services, Christopher G. Nowak, CBET, oversees service to the facilities of St John’s Health System and Mercy Health System of Kansas that are located in the organization’s Springfield, Mo, and Kansas strategic service units. These include eight hospitals and nearly 100 clinics covering a large geographic region, with the main campus located in Springfield. Read More

Today, expectant parents can start the video record of their child’s life in utero. Ultrasound technology has added not only a third dimension (3D) of depth but also the fourth dimension (4D) of time. Ob/Gyn has made the most use of this technology. Roy Doyel, radiological equipment service tech with St John’s Regional Health Center in Springfield, Mo, attributes the discipline’s rapid adoption to the conducive environment of the uterus. “Because the amniotic sac is filled with fluid, it is ideal for 3D ultrasound technology,” Doyel says.

Expectant parents, however, do not have sole command of the technology. 3D/4D ultrasound is also making inroads into cardiology, where it is more frequently referred to as live 3D (volume 3D being another moniker), according to Nate Pinkney, BS, RDMS, senior project engineer with the Health Devices Group at ECRI Institute, Plymouth Meeting, Pa. “The cardiology department has expressed interest in live 3D, which provides more information about the heart and blood flow than a frozen 3D image,” Pinkney says.

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