President's Letter - Fast Forward to Fall

By the time you receive this, it will be autumn in Solon, Ohio. It is by far our best season here in the Midwest, with the temperature moderating and the leaves changing color.

Yes, we get all four seasons here at the training center, sometimes we get two or three of them in the same day, and we have had many weeks with all four seasons combined. Where else can you get snow on opening day and at the October playoffs in baseball? Where else can you get sleet, driving rain, then snow and then hail, all in the same day…We are a meteorologist’s worst nightmare.

In autumn of 2011 RSTI is making another bold move in the diagnostic imaging training business based on some startling statistics about our industry. Did you know that the Labor Department of the US Government recently published their traditional growth predictions for all industries?

Believe it or not, over the next 10 years they anticipate that the category of biomedical/clinical engineers will be the fastest growing segment of the employed population. Twelve thousand, that’s right. There will be 12,000 more people entering our field in the next decade. That’s a 72% growth factor being predicted, despite all the pressure being applied by the Healthcare Affordability Act or better known as Obama Care.

At RSTI we have felt a surge in people attending our PHASE training. New recruits are showing up in record numbers from Hospitals and major OEM’s on a regular basis. Based on this and the trend in our underlying course enrollment, we have gone out and updated our labs and curriculum again. Please read the details in the articles provided in this Newsletter. By the end of 2011, you will see an amazing list of new DR digital classes such as the following:

1. Servicing and Maintenance of the GE Definium 6000 DR RAD Room

2. Servicing and Maintenance of the GE Innova 2000 Cardiac Cath Lab

3. Servicing and Maintenance of the GE Definium 5000 DR RAD Room

4. Servicing and Maintenance of the GE Revolution/ Falcon DR RAD Room

These additions are being made, because the students not only have requested it, but their facilities are demanding more and more current equipment, even for PHASE 1. That’s why we have added some DR and CR experience in all of the PHASE classes. Prices will continue to fluctuate based on the costs we incur by providing you with hands-on experience with all of this equipment. Our goal is to have all of the equipment installed here at the training center, so that you will be able to rip it apart, troubleshoot, repair, and PM until you get it!

Imaging technology continues to change rapidly. RSTI will give you the best learning environment available today. If you are sending your people elsewhere, it’s time to wake up and book early.

Regards,

Jim Monro
President & COO, RSTI