Titles of Completed HCTM 295 Projects:

As of August 2006

• Risk Based Maintenance Program for US Air Force
• Global Regulations in the Medical Device Industry
• Technology Assessment of a New Medical Concept: Sublingual Capnometry Monitoring for the Critically Ill Patient
• Technology Assessment of PACS
• The Role and Implementation of User Centered Design for Medical Device User Interfaces
• A Study of the Product Development Process for a Continuous Non-Invasive Blood Pressure Monitoring Instrument
• Shortening the Time-to-Profit of Medical Devices

• A Comparative Study on How Healthcare Technologies are Identified and Assessed in Hospitals
• Ensuring Product Development Involves the Customer’s True Needs
• Rapid Product Transfer in the Medical Industry
• Product Life Cycle Management: End of Product Life
• Technology Assessment for Lung Cancer Early Detection (LuCED) Test
• Derivation of an Enterprise-Wide PACS Service Level Agreement
• Translating the Benefits of Human Factors Engineering to Improve Patient Safety
• Managing the Pharmaceutical Sales Call
• Digital Engineering Forum
• Technology Assessment and Business Analysis for a Dialysis Center in Alaska
• Standards and Regulations: Implementation in Design
• Implementing Quality Assurance Change in an Organization
• Bacterial Prevention and Detection for Platelet Products
• Harmonized Medical Device Labeling: The Use of Symbol
• Medical Device Production Testing
• Voice of the Customer Analysis
• Evaluation of Medical Device Reporting in User Facilities and the Use of Medical Device Reports by Manufacturers
• Reducing Medication-Related Errors in Regards to Drug Nomenclature and Labeling
• Multiple Perspectives of Hospital Compliance with a JCAHO Patient Safety Goal: Fall Risk Management
• Improving Communications and Feedback Between Clinicians and Engineers
• Technology’s Role in Increasing the Quality of Patient Care
• Analysis of New FDA cGMP Guidance: Focus on Part 11, Electronic Records; Electronic Signatures
• Model for PET Technology Assessment in a Consulting Organization
• Technology Assessment of Electronic Medical Records
• Analysis of Design for Manufacturability/Assembly in the Production of Medical Devices
• Emergency Department Efficiency Engineering Initiative Process Time Study
• Technology Assessment of Spinal Implantation Devices for Degenerative Disc Disease
• Product Development: Medical Device Development Time Estimation Process
• New Product Introduction: Philips Medical Systems – Nuclear Medicine
• Comparative Study of Global Regulations for Prescription Drugs
• Technology Assessment of a New Medical Device: PolarCath™ Peripheral CryoPlasty System
• Failure Modes and Effects Analysis of the Implementation Process of the Licox® Brain Tissue Oxygenation Monitor in the Pediatric ICU at Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin
• New Product Introductions and Service Readiness from a Spare Parts Perspective
• Technology Assessment of Phototherapy Treatment Options for Seasonal Affective Disorder
• PACS Pre-Implementation Readiness Assessment
• HIPAA Compliance: The Role and Implementation of Security Technologies for Medical Devices/Systems Capable of Maintaining/Transmitting ePHI
• Efficiencies and Inefficiencies of Current Translational Research Models
• Information Technology Acceptance Curve: Methods to Accelerate Physician’s Resistance to Change
• A Closed Loop System (CLS) for Tight Glycemic Control