Is your Biomedical Equipment Maintenance Program A Patient Safety Risk?
Tracks
Care Settings & Healthcare Operations
Auditing
| Thursday, September 12, 2024 |
| 2:20 PM - 3:10 PM |
Speaker
Valla Wilson
Business Risk Assurance And Advisory Services Practice Leader
Eminere Group
Is your Biomedical Equipment Maintenance Program A Patient Safety Risk?
Session Synopsis
Biomedical equipment has significantly increased in patient care delivery and the hospital/health system’s organizational structure has become more complex, presenting key challenges to effectively managing biomedical equipment and in having a robust biomedical equipment maintenance program. It is critical to have an effective biomedical equipment maintenance program to ensure patient safety and quality of care. This session will provide participants with an understanding of overall biomedical equipment management and challenges; walk through biomedical equipment maintenance program processes; and identify controls and best practices for addressing key risks in the biomedical equipment maintenance program.
Biography
Valla Wilson, CIA, CRMA, CHIAP, is the Business Risk Assurance and Advisory Services Practice Leader for the Eminere Group, LLC. Eminere Group provides ERM, Internal Audit, Quality Assurance Preparation/Reviews and other Risk Consulting services. Valla currently services as the Vice Chair for the AHIA Certification Committee and was the former Chair of the Certification Item Writer Subcommittee. She has also served on the Conference planning committee in the past. Valla has over 30 years of experience in internal audit, compliance, operational and consulting leadership roles with public accounting, higher education, academic medical centers, health systems, fortune 500 and government organizations. Her previous Internal Audit experience include serving as Vice President and Chief Audit Executive for the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Chief Audit, Compliance, and Privacy Officer for Duke Private Diagnostic Clinic, LLP, Internal Audit Director for Duke Medicine, Chief Compliance, Audit, and Privacy and Research Integrity Officer for Lakeland Regional Health System. Valla also was an Experienced Manager for Arthur Anderson, LLP, providing Internal Audit Co-Sourcing and Risk Consulting services. Valla has presented at various professional organization conferences and webinars such as Dallas IIA, AHIA, Florida AICPA and provided training at other institutions.
