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"Servicing Technology for Life"
DITEC 2K8We offer META membership reduced-tuition attendance at DITEC 2K8. META members-in-good-standing may attend for $235, a $300 discount from the normal $535 conference tuition. This discount is for the DITEC 2K8 conference and all associated events including Welcome Breakfast Reception, Keynote Address, Vendor Exhibits, Dinner Reception and Educational Seminars.
Additionally, we invite META members to attend the one-day Medical Equipment Management: Regulatory & Standards Compliance Class for $895 and receive tuition-free attendance at DITEC 2K8 Conference. This class will be held on May 20, 2008, the day before the start of DITEC 2K8.
We look forward to seeing many META members at DITEC 2K8,
Regards and continued success. 
Announcing E2L !
META Members can now access equipment end of life information via a searchable database which also has the actual letters from the manufacturer for many of the devices. This is an exciting addition to the benefits of being a META member - take After logging in, you will find E2L in the menu to the left under Members.
Medical Technology Management Professionals:JCAHO standards and CMS guidelines regarding medical technology management are similar but not identical. There are also variations in how JCAHO surveyors apply the JCAHO standards and how CMS inspectors (usually from the state health department) apply the CMS guidelines. These discrepancies can create problems for medical technology managers. An informal group of clinical engineers has been formed to study these discrepancies. We are collecting information about the problems that healthcare organizations have experienced. Our objective is to bring these problems to the attention of JCAHO and CMS so that they can resolve the discrepancies and reduce the regulatory burden on healthcare organizations. Your responses to this survey will remain confidential unless you explicitly authorize the release of information. If you have questions or comments regarding the survey, please contact Matt Baretich at mfb@baretich.com. To participate in the survey, go to www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=140952791484.
Thank you for your help in addressing this important issue.
Title Search CompletedAfter conducting an extensive survey of those in the medical equipment and technology service/support field, we would like to announce that BIOMED was selected by an overwhelming majority as a standardized title for our profession. META will use Biomed as its official designation for those professionals in the medical equipment and technology service/support field. This will help to eliminate the confusion of different professional titles used by so many in the field and increase our profession's exposure to the public, helping to drive interest in the field and generate future growth.
Event CalendarMETA has just launched an events calendar to help keep you informed of local, regional and national conferences and educational events. If your organization has an event you would like to have listed, please send an e-mail to contact at mymeta.org. Be sure to include the dates, organization name and a brief description of the event. You may also include a url (web address) where visitors can find more information.
M.E.T.A.The Medical Equipment & Technology Association is an organization for professionals that service and support equipment in the healthcare industry. META has the mission of being the focal point for resources, networking, and activities that will promote growth and unity for all in this profession. Through this mission, the primary purpose of META is to contribute to the improvement of healthcare delivery through development and improvement of the personnel, processes and techniques related to the management and support of healthcare technology.
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