The award-winning magazine—which will be published in May—will focus on the problems surrounding medical alarm systems and what can be done to i mprove their safe and effective use. The magazine will provide in-depth, practical articles and research focusing on alarm hazards.

While medical alarm systems warn of danger by alerting caregivers to critical information, they can malfunction or are turned off, ignored, or unheard, earning a top spot on lists of the most frequent and serious problems seen with devices.

The Horizons publication will be distributed to 10,000 medical technology professionals, including to all AAMI members and attendees at AAMI's Annual Conference & Expo, which will be held June 25-27 in San Antonio, TX.

HTF is one of seven national healthcare organizations that have signed on as a supporting organization to Horizons. Others include:

• ECRI Institute
• The American College of Clinical Engineering
• The Infusion Nurses Society
• The National Patient Safety Foundation
• The Association of Surgical Technologists, and
• The Institute for Safe Medication Practices

These seven groups will promote the publication to their members and customers to help expand the visibility of the articles and topic.

"This broad-based collaboration with seven significant organizations underscores our decision to tackle a tough problem in healthcare," said AAMI President Mary Logan.

Horizons will include articles on alarms standards and risk management standards, alarms hazards and recommendations, the design of effective alarm sounds, the use of mobile devices to improve alarm sounds, and several other topics.

For more information about Horizons, click here or for advertising opportunities contact Judy Riling at jriling@aami.org or reserve your advertising space here.

Founded in 1967, AAMI (the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation) represents more than 6,000 medical equipment professionals.

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