Services
Carol Davis-Smith & Associates, LLC provides a consultative bridge between the technical, clinical, and strategic healthcare perspectives.
Carol Davis-Smith is a proven leader in the development and maintenance of safe, reliable, cost effective, and efficient patient care delivery systems through technology and process management.
Strategic Technology Planning
The effective use of data, tools, and methodologies directly impacts the quality and effectiveness of a multi-year plan.
Medical Device Acquisition
Processes for acquiring clinical technology equipment vary tremendously between and sometimes within healthcare organizations.
Healthcare Technology Management
An HTM program is focused on the technical support and maintenance of medical devices in a healthcare delivery organization.
Mission
We are on a mission to enable high quality, affordable healthcare through people, process, and technology. We do this through strategic and tactical leadership supported by collaborative partnerships with healthcare organizations, medical device companies, and others providing technology to care delivery.
A passion for excellence, creativity, and integrity
Resources
Healthcare Technology Management
A Healthcare Technology Management (HTM) program is focused on the technical support and maintenance of medical devices in a healthcare delivery organization – i.e., hospitals and health systems. These resources are provided to support the design, implementation, and operation of a best-in-class program.
Carol Davis-Smith is a proven leader in the development and maintenance of safe, reliable, cost effective, and efficient patient care delivery systems through technology and process management. She has 30 years’ experience in academic and not-for-profit medical centers, group purchasing, consulting, and executive leadership. Through collaborative leadership and technical engagement, she has built successful teams across all aspects of the medical device lifecycle.
Throughout her career, she has provided support in all areas of the healthcare technology lifecycle with specific focus on clinical engineering management and technology assessment. She has presented and published numerous papers on a variety of clinical engineering, capital contracting, risk management, and leadership topics.
Carol holds a Master of Science degree in electrical and computer engineering – clinical engineering – from the University of Arizona and a Bachelor of Science in bioengineering technology from the University of Dayton. She is a certified clinical engineer and a Fellow in the American College of Clinical Engineering (FACCE) and the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMIF).
