Basement to Bedside

What's the Difference Between a BMET and a Clinical Engineer?

What's the difference between the career path of a BMET vs a clinical engineer? Carol Davis-Smith, a veteran clinical engineer, joins AAMI's Danielle McGeary and Ryan Gonzalez of HTMA-OH on the Basement to Bedside podcast to discuss the education, career paths, and teamwork that make these two tracks in the HTM field vital to patient care.

Lessons from CHOP, AAMI 2026 State of HTM, ECRI Top 10

Whitney Bailey, Senior Director of Biomedical Engineering and Clinical Technology Services at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), joins us for this very special episode of AAMI’s Basement to Bedside podcast to talk about how her facility combines state-of-the-art technology and HTM practices with flawless pediatric patient care. Plus, our hosts Danielle McGeary and Robert Burroughs review major findings from AAMI’s 2026 State of HTM Survey on demographics, job satisfaction, how women are doing in the HTM field, and discuss what parts of ECRI’s Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns for 2026 are relevant to your job in HTM.

Joint Commission Changes HTM Standards, Equipment Planning, 2025 in Review

Joint Commission has made some major changes to its HTM standards. Is your department still compliant? Check out this episode of AAMI’s HTM podcast, Basement to Bedside, as we interview Kenneth Colavito and Henry ‘Hank’ Stankiewicz of Sigma Health Consulting about what you should expect from Joint Commission. Plus, an in-depth discussion on how to manage year-over-year capital planning at your hospital or facility, a review of AAMI’s HTM activities from 2025, and a preview of the Dental Pavillion at the 2026 AAMI eXchange in Denver.

Basement to Bedside: Safety Threats, Sticky Notes, and AI

Basement to Bedside is a new, quarterly news podcast from AAMI focused on the HTM field. In it, we cover the biggest trends in the field and interview the BMETs and biomedical engineers who bring safe and effective medical devices from the basement of the hospital to each patient’s bedside. Join us for the inaugural episode! Join us for this first episode as we cover AAMI’s expansion into the dental field, how ECRI’s Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns may impact you, and how to work with your colleagues in nursing to tackle infusion pump problems. https://staging.array.aami.org/content/news/htm-show-podcast-basement-to-bedside