Biomedical Engineering Moshpit

    Tech Topic Connection:   Healthcare Technology Management focuses on Medical equipment to save people's lives all across the world. In recent years, the industry has shifted and begun integrating to be more technologically focused. Medical equipment is finding its way onto corporate Healthcare networks, either wired or wireless fashions. Converging Biomedical, medical devices, and Information Technology will bring life-saving devices to the next level. Each medical device has some programming on how the device operates. Keystrokes and operations are all driven by an embedded program in that the CPU receives instructions. Devices such as IV pumps receive initial programming via application and connection dongle to receive drug libraries via wireless networks to ensure all pumps across an enterprise healthcare system have the same version of the drug library. This method promotes standardization and reduces drug misadministration. Another example of software i...

                  Network Security   Miguel Artache The University of Arizona Global Campus TEC101: Fundamentals of Information Technology and Literacy Professor Amr Elchouemi May 24, 2022       Computer networks are the backbone of our everyday lives. We interact with computers and networks daily to shop, plan vacations, go to school, and do research. The Internet superhighway allows everyone accesses to every piece of information available on the Internet. The unfortunate part of the information superhighway is the malicious activity by individuals or groups with a purpose. The basics of Ping is to tell you if the destination is online and communicating. Network Administrators and Ethical hackers use Ping for basic troubleshooting. Ping packet floods from multiple hosts can carry out distributed Denial of Service Attack (DDOS) simultaneously. Here is an example. A hacking group wants...

  In the past several years, the Healthcare industry has been going through a technological transformation. All hospital service lines have moved from paper charts to electronic charts. Electronic Medical Records are leading the way in this transformation. From physicians to nurses, you see workstations on wheels and ipads in the hands of clinical staff. Many hospitals are moving to Epic to centralize that patient healthcare record data and take advantage of patient portals. Patient portals provide seamless access for patients to medical records anywhere. The fact is that the patient owns their medical records and needs to have access quickly for follow-up appointments. In the old days, you needed to go to the hospital patient record depart and request that your patient files be printed. As computer networks grow in speed and security, more healthcare organizations move medical devices to their networks for patching and security hardening. Many organizations have commented on build...

  Network packets travel through the network using switches and routers between the source and destination. There are the preamble, source, and destination in each packet and the information being sent (Payload). Using a packet tracing application such as the Cisco IP Packet tracer allows the Network Engineer to follow the packet path through the network and determine if their problems along the path. Diving a bit deeper, the network hop path can be manipulated using routing protocols or administrative distances. In other words, you can traffic shape packets to take network routes that you want. I was a Network Engineer in my previous professional life and often used both of these tools. The PING command is important because it could tell me if the destination device is online. The challenge with PING is if the remote device is blocking ICMP protocol, the ping packets will fail to reach the destination. However, this does not mean the device is offline. By default, you send a 32byt...

              Role of Applications Reflection Essay   Miguel Artache The University of Arizona Global Campus TEC 101 Fundamentals of Information Technology and Literacy Professor Amr Elchouemi May 9, 2022             One encounters word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, and database application in the business world. Each application has its unique advantages and disadvantages based on given scenarios and situations. Each of us encounters these applications in one way or another. Understanding each application allows you to work through tasks quickly and know the proper application to apply. I will delve into each application through my reflection essay and outline the framework. Word processing applications such as Microsoft Word are the market letter in anything that requires processing letters, mailing labels, and forms with check boxes and fillable sections for any busi...

  Tesla is a technology company pioneering renewable energy platforms. Tesla cars and solar is leading the world in renewable energy. Hitting the Tesla homepage, you are presented with a clean look with a navigation bar at the top for all the different model cars and solar options. Tesla interacted with customers via touchless ordering and delivery. Vehicles and solar can all be customized from the website. Looking at Tesla cars, you can select sedans and crossovers with base options with pricing expectations on the same page. You can customize the drivetrain, paint, wheels, cabin color, and advanced driving technology if the visitors want to customize. You are presented a total price and price after incentives through fuel and tax credits at the end of the customizations. Options to finance or lease are available with pricing assumptions through Tesla credit. Here is a picture of the landing page for the Tesla cars.   Once you click on a car, the application goes to the web f...

  Scratch Project   Computer programming was never a focus for me as I was on the technical side of Information Technology in System Administration, Design, and Leadership. In my undergraduate degree, many programming courses will grow my scope in technical skills—the underpinning of an Information Technology degree in computer programming. Using Scratch and reading through the course material, I found it a challenge initially. I had to read the sections a few times and research on my own how to use Scratch. With anything new, you are always uncomfortable until you start reviewing and gaining knowledge. When I opened Scratch, I did not know where to start. I had to review a video on the basics of Scratch and its functions. After reviewing the video, the reading from our course material begins to make a little more sense. I don’t understand the X and Y portion of the commands in Scratch. I am sure over time, I will understand it more. In Information Technology, I had to l...

  My name is Miguel Artache. I was born and raised in New Jersey. I moved to Florida for a short time and then back north to New York and now living in beautiful Ridgefield, Connecticut, with my wife and two children. I have an extensive background in Information Technology, spanning twenty-one years from Desktop support, Network Engineering, and various IT leadership roles. I hold various technical certifications, including the Project Management Professional (PMP). In my current role, I am the Director of Healthcare Technology Management (Biomedical Engineering), responsible for a team of thirty staff and responsible for one-hundred thousand medical devices for a significant Healthcare network in New York City. I have been in my current role for the last two years. I enjoy my position because my team and I directly impact the outcome of patient care. I started this blog to bring more visibility to the transformation Biomedical Engineering is undergoing. In recent years, Biomed ac...