Vol. 8 2001

October 23, 2001,  Irvine Medical Center

1. MAIN TOPIC:

How to Start your own Independent Service Organization or Business presented by Mr. Luis Rodriguez president of Alternative Biomedical Services (ABS). In addition, Mr. Rodriguez will share with us the services his company provides in the high-end laboratory analyzers arena.

2. Internal discussion on Benchmarking on hospital standards as it relates to JCAHO across the organizations. Also we would like to invite you to participate on a "standards committee" to further develop this topic.

August 7th, 2001,  Los Alamitos Hospital.  by Tom Heyser

Having been to most of the OCBMETS meetings over the past 8 years, I can say conclusively "This was a great meeting". What a turn out and what a fantastic speaker, Malcolm Ridgeway was as dynamic as ever. He talked for almost 2 hours but it seemed like half of that. The topic, Clinical Engineering through the years. He started at the turn of the century. Slowly he wove his way through the years --teaching, entertaining and prophesizing. For those never having heard  Malcolm speak before, were in awe. For those of us that had, we were captivated. The low point of the night was obvious to most. Malcolm looked at the clock and said wow where did the time go. After an all to brief question and answer period we adjourned. I would like to highlight one of the questions asked and the answer. Question: What is your opinion on certification. Answer: And I Paraphrase " I think certification is O.K, but the days of having to know how a kidney works may not be as critical or as significant as knowing how a LAN works. I commend Malcolm for his courage and his foresight. I concur 100 & 10 PERCENT.

JULY 19th Meeting

OCBMETS’ last meeting was held at St. Joseph-Orange on July 19^th. Jim Crall of ECRI was the presenter and he provided information on ECRI Select Plus to all members present at the meeting and gave away as a door prize an ECRI CD containing ECRI Device alerts for the past 7 years ($300 value).

We would like to thank Jim Crall of ECRI for presenting and Tom Heyser of St. Joseph for making the arrangements for the meeting.

The new definitions of officers positions were amended and executed after members voted. The new definitions and responsibilities are as follows:

New definitions of officers positions.

Vice President

The Vice President/Treasurer shall perform the duties and have the powers of the President in the President's absence or inability. The Vice President shall assist in collection of dues from members and sponsors. The Vice President shall assist in other written correspondence as directed by the President.

Treasurer

Treasurer shall be responsible for the receipt and disbursement of all funds and keep accurate records thereof. Disbursement checks must be signed by the Vice President or President. The Treasurer shall keep funds of the association in a cash box and provide a statement of funds at each regular meeting.

Secretary

The Secretary shall keep the roll of the association membership, and shall maintain a permanent record of votes, attendance, and proceedings of the association meetings. The Secretary shall assist in collection of dues from members and sponsors. The Secretary shall assist in other written correspondence as directed by the President.

ANNOUNCEMENT OF NEW OFFICERS

5/3/01

On Tuesday, May 1, 2001 OCBMETS, Orange County Biomedical Equipment Technician Society, held an election for new officers. The selections were as follows:

Officer/Position Name Company

President: Payman Roshan Patriot Medical Technologies
Vice President: Tom Heyser St. Joseph Hospital-Orange
Secretary: Dariush Yaghoubi Patriot Medical Technologies
*Treasurer:  Dan Lara St. Joseph Hospital-Orange

Stan Richards, the past President and Dean Fanara the past Vice President and Treasurer are excited to see the dedication and enthusiasm of fellow biomeds committing themselves to do the volunteer work that supports a worthy cause in the Biomedical Community!

After a long term of over 8 years both Stan and Dean will remain advisors on the Board of OCBMETS.

The new crew hopes to perform as well as Dean and Stan did and would like to thank them for their hard work and dedication to the OCBMETS.

*Note: The new voting body will propose a revision/amendment to the OCBMETS By-Laws to create a Treasurer position, which in the past has been one of the responsibilities of the Vice President. The officers will be meeting prior to the next meeting in order to execute the amendment, which needs to be distributed to the membership at least 10 days prior to the next meeting to be finalized.

Next OCBMETS meeting is scheduled for June 19, 2001 at St. Joseph Hospital-Orange Conference rooms A&B. The address is 1100 W. Stewart Dr., Orange, CA 92863.