Hill-Rom: Analyze Failure Data to Less Test Times for Medical Products

Analyzing failure data to reduce test times, risk and liability for highly regulated medical products

Introduction: John Martz is a Reliability Engineer and Manager for Hill-Rom Inc., based in Chicago, Illinois.

Company: Hill-Rom, Inc. is a medical technology company that operates worldwide. It designs, manufactures and distributes of medical products for hospitals and health facilities. They include surgical beds, intensive care beds, lifts and other devices, plus communications technologies and software solutions.

Role: “Being in the medical industry, we are an FDA-regulated company. And one of the things the FDA requires is statistical justification for all requirements. And so as part of that statistical justification, we have come up with a demonstrated quality limit and confidence.”