John Collins, Director of Engineering and Compliance, American Hospital Association to Speak at KC’s Converged Communications for Medical Devices

New York, NY, January 26, 2011 --(PR.com)-- The Knowledge Group/The Knowledge Congress Live Webcast Series, the leading producer of regulatory focused webcasts, has announced today that John Collins, Director of Engineering and Compliance, American Hospital Association will speak at the Knowledge Congress’ webcast entitled: “Converged Communications for Medical Devices." This event is scheduled for April 4, 2011 from 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM (ET).

For further details, please visit: http://www.knowledgecongress.org/event_2010_converged.html

Event Synopsis:

In the ever changing world of healthcare in the US, significant and unprecedented developments are on the way for medical and healthcare devices. Communication devices like smart phones and personal digital assistants (PDAs) are now being utilized widely for patient monitoring and decision support.

A panel of speaker experts and regulators will discuss this emerging trend and explain its potential impact to the future of healthcare in this two-hour webcast prepared by the Knowledge Congress Group. A live interaction with the audience in a question and answer format is also included in this event.

Some of the topics to be covered in this course are:
- Scope of medical devices
- Licensing
- Data integrity and reliability
- Security issues
- Risks management
- FDA and FCC regulatory requirements

About John Collins

John Collins has been in clinical engineering since 1970. A B.S.E.E. from Newark College of Engineering and a MS from the Univ. of Rhode Island. Senior clinical engineer at Northwestern Memorial Hospital and then at Advocate Healthcare. Currently, Director of Engineering & Compliance for ASHE. A founding member and past president of the Midwest Biomedical Society and a member of IEEE, ACCE, NFPA, AAMI, ASHE. Member of the NFPA 99 revision task group, NFPA Technical Committee on Medical Equipment, the 2010 Health Guidelines Revision Committee, the ASHRAE Certification Committee, RF Wireless Working Group of the IEEE 1073 General Committee, International Certification Commission, United States Certification Committee, the Underwriters Laboratories Inc. Standards Technical Panel 1047 and a board member of the Public Safety Spectrum Trust representing AHA.

For more information about John Collins and American Hospital Association please visit: http://www.aha.org/

About The Knowledge Group, LLC/The Knowledge Congress Live Webcast Series

The Knowledge Congress brings together the world's leading authorities and industry participants through informative two-hour webcasts that study the impact of changing regulations and help businesses succeed through proper regulatory compliance.

Visit www.knowledgecongress.org for further information and inquiry.

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