Table of Contents:
  • Clinical engineering : evolution of a discipline / Joseph D. Bronzino
  • History of engineering and technology in health care / Malcolm G. Ridgway, George I. Johnston and Joseph P. McClain
  • The health care environment / Lee O. Welter
  • Enhancing patient safety : the role of clinical engineering / American College of Clinical Engineering
  • A model clinical engineering department / Caroline A. Campbell
  • Clinical engineering in an academic medical center
  • / Ira Soller
  • Regional clinical engineering shared services and cooperatives / J. Tobey Clark
  • Nationwide clinical engineering system / Diego Bravar and Teresa dell'Aquila
  • Clinical engineering and biomedical maintenance in the United States military / Joseph P. McClain
  • Careers, roles, and responsibilities / Nicholas Cram
  • Clinical engineering at the bedside / Saul Miodownik
  • The clinical engineer as consultant / J. Sam Miller
  • The clinical engineer as investigator and expert witness / Jerome T. Anderson
  • Careers in facilities / Bruce Hyndman
  • World clinical engineering survey / Mariana Glouhova and Nicolas Pallikarakis
  • Clinical engineering in the United Kingdom / Stuart J. Meldrum
  • Clinical engineering in Canada / William M. Gentles
  • Clinical engineering in Estonia / Siim Aid and Ole Golubjatnikov
  • Clinical engineering in Germany / Vera Dammann
  • Clinical engineering in Brazil / Lúcio Flávio de Magalhães Brito
  • Clinical engineering in Colombia / Jorge Enrique Villamil Gutiérrez
  • Clinical engineering in Ecuador / Juan Gomez
  • Clinical engineering in Mexico / Adriana Velásquez
  • Clinical engineering in Paraguay / Pedro Galvan
  • Clinical engineering in Peru / Luis Vilcahuaman and Javier Brandán
  • Clinical engineering in Venezuela / Ricardo Silva and Luis Lara-Estrella
  • Clinical engineering in Japan / Hiroshi Kanai
  • Clinical engineering in Mozambique / Enrico Nunziata and Momade Sumalgy
  • Clinical engineering in the Middle East / Hashem O. Al-Fadel
  • Introduction to medical technology management practices / Yadin David, Thomas M. Judd and Raymond P. Zambuto
  • Good management practice for medical equipment / Michael Cheng and Joseph F. Dyro
  • Health care strategic planning utilizing technology assessment / Nicholas Cram
  • Technology evaluation / Gary H. Harding and Alice L. Epstein
  • Technology procurement / Gary H. Harding and Alice L. Epstein
  • Equipment control and asset management / Matthew F. Baretich
  • Computerized maintenance management systems / Ted Cohen and Nicholas Cram
  • Maintenance and repair of medical devices / James McCauley
  • A strategy to maintain essential medical equipment in developing countries / Michael Cheng
  • Outsourcing clinical engineering service / Peter Smithson and David Dickey
  • New strategic directions in acquiring and outsourcing high-tech services by hospitals and implications for clinical engineering organizations and ISOs / Donald F. Blumberg
  • Vendor and service management / Joseph F. Dyro
  • Donation of medical device technologies / Joseph F. Dyro
  • National health technology policy / Thomas M. Judd
  • The essential health care technology package / Peter Heimann, Andrei Issakov and Yunkap Kwankam
  • Impact analysis / Thomas M. Judd
  • Industrial / management engineering in health care / George Seaman
  • Financial management of clinical engineering services / Binseng Wang
  • Cost-effectiveness and productivity / Larry Fennigkoh
  • Clinical engineering program indicators / Dennis Autio
  • Personnel management / James O. Wear
  • Skills identification / Nicholas Cram
  • Management styles and human resource development / Alice L. Epstein and Gary H. Harding
  • Quality / Thomas M. Judd
  • Patient safety and the clinical engineer / Bryanne Patail
  • Risk management / Alice L. Epstein and Gary H. Harding
  • Patient safety best practices model / Paul Vegoda and Carl Abramson
  • Hospital safety programs / Matthew F. Baretich
  • Systems approach to medical device safety / Marvin Shepherd
  • Interactions between medical devices / Saul Miodownik
  • Single-use injection devices / Michael Cheng
  • Electromagnetic interference with medical devices : in vitro laboratory studies and electromagnetic compatibility standards / Kok-Swang Tan and Irwin Hinberg
  • Electromagnetic interference in the hospital / W. David Paperman, Yadin David and James Hibbetts
  • Accident investigation / Joseph F. Dyro
  • The great debate on electrical safety : in retrospect / Malcolm G. Ridgway
  • Academic programs in North America / Tim Baker
  • Clinical engineering education in Germany / Vera Dammann
  • Clinical engineering internship / Izabella A. Gieras and Frank R. Painter
  • Biomedical engineering technology program / Bruce J. Morgan
  • Advanced clinical engineering workshops / Joseph F. Dyro, Thomas M. Judd and James O. Wear
  • Advanced health technology management workshop / Thomas M. Judd, Joseph F. Dyro and James O. Wear
  • Distance education / James O. Wear and Alan Levenson
  • Emerging technologies : Internet and interactive video conferencing / Albert Lozano-Nieto
  • In-service education / James O. Wear
  • Technical service schools / Manny Roman
  • Clinical engineering and nursing / Thomas J. Bauld III, Joseph F. Dyro and Stephen L. Grimes
  • Retraining programs / James Gilchriest
  • Techno-bio-psycho-socio-medical approach to health care / T.G. Krishnamurthy
  • Evolution of medical device technology / Nandor Richter
  • Technology in health care / Jonathan A. Gaev
  • Medical device design and control in the hospital / Joel R. Canlas, Jay W. Hall and Pam Shuck-Holmes
  • Medical device research and design / Åke Öberg
  • Human factors : environment / William A. Hyman and Valory Wangler
  • Medical devices : failure modes, accidents, and liability / Leslie A. Geddes
  • Medical device software development / Richard C. Fries and Andre E. Bloesch
  • Comparative evaluations of medical devices / James P. Keller
  • Evaluating investigational devices for institutional review boards / Salil D. Balar
  • Intensive care / Saul Miodownik
  • Operating room / Chad J. Smith, Raj Rane and Luis Melendez
  • Anesthesiology / Luis Melendez and Raj Rane
  • Imaging devices / David Harrington
  • Machine vision / Eric Rosow and Melissa Burns
  • Perinatology / Vinnie DeFrancesco
  • Cardiovascular techniques and technology / Gerald Goodman
  • General hospital devices : beds, stretchers, and wheelchairs / Joseph F. Dyro
  • Medical device troubleshooting / Joseph F. Dyro and Robert L. Morris
  • Information systems management / Elliot B. Sloane
  • Physiologic monitoring and clinical information systems / Sunder Subramanian
  • Advanced diagnostics and artificial intelligence / Donald F. Blumberg
  • Real-time executive dashboards and virtual instrumentation : solutions for health care systems / Eric Rosow and Joseph Adam
  • Telemedicine : clinical and operational issues / Yadin David
  • Picture archiving and communication systems (PACS) / Ted Cohen
  • Wireless medical telemetry : addressing the interference issue and the new wireless medical telemetry service (WMTS) / Donald Witters and Caroline A. Campbell
  • Health insurance portability and accountability act (HIPAA) and its implications for clinical engineering / Stephen L. Grimes
  • Y2K and clinical engineering / Stephen L. Grimes
  • The integration and convergence of medical and information technologies / Ted Cohen and Colleen Ward
  • Physical plant / Bruce Hyndman
  • Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning / Bruce Hyndman
  • Electrical power / Matthew F. Baretich
  • Medical gas systems / William Frank
  • Support services / Nicholas Cram
  • Construction and renovation / Matthew F. Baretich
  • Radiation safety / Jadwiga (Jodi) Strzelczyk
  • Sanitation / Lúcio Flávio de Magalhães Brito and Douglas Magagna
  • Water systems in health care facilities / Diógenes Hernández
  • Disaster planning / Gary H. Harding and Alice L. Epstein
  • Primer on standards and regulations / Michael Cheng
  • Medical device regulatory and technology assessment agencies / Mark E. Bruley and Vivian H. Coates
  • Health care quality and ISO 9001:2000 / David A. Simmons
  • Hospital facilities safety standards / Gerald Goodman
  • JCAHO accreditation / Britt Berek
  • Medical equipment management program and ANSI/AAMI EQ56 / Ethan Hertz
  • Clinical engineering standards of practice for Canada / Tony Easty and William M. Gentles
  • Regulations and the law / Michael Cheng
  • European Union medical device directives and vigilance system / Nicolas Pallikarakis
  • United States Food & Drug Administration / F. Blix Winston
  • Tort liability for clinical engineers and device manufacturers / Edward P. Richards III and Charles Walter
  • Professionalism / Gerald Goodman
  • Clinical engineering advocacy / Thomas J. O'Dea
  • American College of Clinical Engineering / Jennifer C. Ott and Joseph F. Dyro
  • The New England Society of Clinical Engineering / Nicholas T. Noyes
  • New York City Metropolitan Area Clinical Engineering Directors Group / Ira Soller and Michael B. Mirsky
  • Clinical engineering certification in the United States / Thomas Nicoud and Eben Kermit
  • Clinical engineering certification in Germany / Vera Dammann
  • The future of clinical engineering : the challenge of change / Stephen L. Grimes
  • Virtual instrumentation : applications to health care / Eric Rosow
  • Clinical engineers in non-traditional roles / Eben Kermit
  • Clinical support : the forgotten function / Stan Scahill
  • Postmarket surveillance and vigilance on medical devices / Michael Cheng
  • Small business development : business plan development fundamentals for the entrepreneur / Peter W. Dyro
  • Engineering primary health care : the sickle cell business case / Yancy Y. Phillips and Thomas M. Judd
  • Global hospital in 2050 : a vision / Yasushi Nagasawa, Edward Sivak, and Errki Vauramo.