Kevin R. Glover, doctoral student in Teaching, Learning and Technology Wins 2018 Biomedical Instrumentation & Technology Best Research Paper Award

The editorial board of AAMI's peer-reviewed journal, Biomedical Instrumentation & Technology awarded the Best Research Paper of 2018 to a group of researchers at B. Braun Medical Inc. who were focused on establishing standardized metrics, operational definitions, and processes for measuring and reporting alarm data in order to better understand and identify key issues related to infusion pump alarms.

In their paper, “Frequency and Duration of Infusion Pump Alarms: Establishing National Benchmarks,” which was published in the November/December 2018 issue of BI&T, Rachel R. Vitoux, Catherine Schuster, Kevin R. Glover, and Mark Dekker assessed the frequency and duration of alarms across 29 hospitals to establish a baseline of infusion pump alarm types and frequencies. Their results serve as a key piece of the puzzle for reducing alarm burden in the healthcare environment.

AAMI (www.aami.org) is a nonprofit organization founded in 1967. It is a diverse community of approximately 7,000 healthcare technology professionals united by one important mission—supporting the healthcare community in the development, management, and use of safe and effective healthcare technology.

Kevin R. Glover is a doctoral student in Lehigh's Teaching, Learning and Technology program. Congrats to Kevin for this special honor!