front cover -- copyright -- table of contents -- front matter -- Contributors -- Introduction -- body -- Section I: Clinical Engineering -- 1. Clinical Engineering: Evolution of a Discipline -- 2. History of Engineering and Technology in Health Care -- 3. The Health Care Environment -- 4. Enhancing Patient Safety: The Role of Clinical Engineering -- 5. A Model Clinical Engineering Department -- 6. Clinical Engineering in an Academic Medical Center -- 7. Regional Clinical Engineering Shared Services and Cooperatives -- 8. Nationwide Clinical Engineering System -- 9. Clinical Engineering and Biomedical Maintenance in the United States Military -- 10. Careers, Roles, and Responsibilities -- 11. Clinical Engineering at the Bedside -- 12. The Clinical Engineer as Consultant -- 13. The Clinical Engineer as Investigator and Expert Witness -- 14. Careers in Facilities -- Section II: Worldwide Clinical Engineering Practice -- 15. World Clinical Engineering Survey -- 16. Clinical Engineering in the United Kingdom -- 17. Clinical Engineering in Canada -- 18. Clinical Engineering in Estonia -- 19. Clinical Engineering in Germany -- 20. Clinical Engineering in Brazil -- 21. Clinical Engineering in Colombia -- 22. Clinical Engineering in Ecuador -- 23. Clinical Engineering in Mexico -- 24. Clinical Engineering in Paraguay -- 25. Clinical Engineering in Peru -- 26. Clinical Engineering in Venezuela -- 27. Clinical Engineering in Japan -- 28. Clinical Engineering in Mozambique -- 29. Clinical Engineering in the Middle East -- Section III: Health Technology Management -- 30. Introduction to Medical Technology Management Practices -- 31. Good Management Practice for Medical Equipment -- 32. Health Care Strategic Planning Utilizing Technology Assessment -- 33. Technology Evaluation -- 34. Technology Procurement -- 35. Equipment Control and Asset Management.

36. Computerized Maintenance Management Systems -- 37. Maintenance and Repair of Medical Devices -- 38. A Strategy to Maintain Essential Medical Equipment in Developing Countries -- 39. Outsourcing Clinical Engineering Service -- 40. New Strategic Directions in Acquiring and Outsourcing High- Tech Services by Hospitals and Implications for Clinical Engineering Organizations and ISOs -- 41. Vendor and Service Management -- 42. Health Care Technology Replacement Planning -- 43. Donation of Medical Device Technologies -- 44. National Health Technology Policy -- 45. The Essential Health Care Technology Package -- 46. Impact Analysis -- Section IV: Management -- 47. Industrial/ Management Engineering in Health Care -- 48. Financial Management of Clinical Engineering Services -- 49. Cost-Effectiveness and Productivity -- 50. Clinical Engineering Program Indicators -- 51. Personnel Management -- 52. Skills Identification -- 53. Management Styles and Human Resource Development -- 54. Quality -- Section V: Safety -- 55. Patient Safety and the Clinical Engineer -- 56. Risk Management -- 57. Patient Safety Best Practices Model -- 58. Hospital Safety Programs -- 59. Systems Approach to Medical Device Safety -- 60. Interactions Between Medical Devices -- 61. Single-Use Injection Devices -- 62. Electromagnetic Interference with Medical Devices: Laboratory Studies and Electromagnetic Compatibility Standards -- 63. Electromagnetic Interference in the Hospital -- 64. Accident Investigation -- 65. The Great Debate on Electrical Safety - In Retrospect -- Section VI: Education and Training -- 66. Academic Programs in North America -- 67. Clinical Engineering Education in Germany -- 68. Clinical Engineering Internship -- 69. Biomedical Engineering Technology Program -- 70. Advanced Clinical Engineering Workshops -- 71. Advanced Health Technology Management Workshop.

72. Distance Education -- 73. Emerging Technologies: Internet and Interactive Video Conferencing -- 74. In-Service Education -- 75. Technical Service Schools -- 76. Clinical Engineering and Nursing -- 77. Retraining Programs -- 78. Techno-Bio-Psycho- Socio- Medical Approach to Health Care -- Section VII: Medical Devices: Design, Manufacturing, Evaluation, and Control -- 79. Evolution of Medical Device Technology -- 80. Technology in Health Care -- 81. Medical Device Design and Control in the Hospital -- 82. Medical Device Research and Design -- 83. Human Factors: Environment -- 84. Medical Devices: Failure Modes, Accidents, and Liability -- 85. Medical Device Software Development -- 86. Comparative Evaluations of Medical Devices -- 87. Evaluating Investigational Devices for Institutional Review Boards -- Section VIII: Medical Devices: Utilization and Service -- 88. Intensive Care -- 89. Operating Room -- 90. Anesthesiology -- 91. Imaging Devices -- 92. Machine Vision -- 93. Perinatology -- 94. Cardiovascular Techniques and Technology -- 95. General Hospital Devices: Beds, Stretchers, and Wheelchairs -- 96. Medical Device Troubleshooting -- Section IX: Information -- 97. Information Systems Management -- 98. Physiologic Monitoring and Clinical Information Systems -- 99. Advanced Diagnostics and Artificial Intelligence -- 100. Real-Time Executive Dashboards and Virtual Instrumentation: Solutions for Health Care Systems -- 101. Telemedicine: Clinical and Operational Issues -- 102. Picture Archiving and Communication Systems ( PACS) -- 103. Wireless Medical Telemetry: Addressing the Interference Issue and the New Wireless Medical Telemetry Service ( WMTS) -- 104. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act ( HIPAA) and Its Implications for Clinical Engineering -- 105. Y2K and Clinical Engineering.

106. The Integration and Convergence of Medical and Information Technologies -- Section X: Engineering the Clinical Environment -- 107. Physical Plant -- 108. Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning -- 109. Electrical Power -- 110. Medical Gas Systems -- 111. Support Services -- 112. Construction and Renovation -- 113. Radiation Safety -- 114. Sanitation -- 115. Water Systems in Health Care Facilities -- 116. Disaster Planning -- Section XI: Medical Device Standards, Regulations, and the Law -- 117. Primer on Standards and Regulations -- 118. Medical Device Regulatory and Technology Assessment Agencies -- 119. Health Care Quality and ISO 9001: 2000 -- 120. Hospital Facilities Safety Standards -- 121. JCAHO Accreditation -- 122. Medical Equipment Management Program and ANSI/ AAMI EQ56 -- 123. Clinical Engineering Standards of Practice for Canada -- 124. Regulations and the Law -- 125. European Union Medical Device Directives and Vigilance System -- 126. United States Food & Drug Administration -- 127. Tort Liability for Clinical Engineers and Device Manufacturers -- Section XII: Professionalism and Ethics -- 128. Professionalism -- 129. Clinical Engineering Advocacy -- 130. American College of Clinical Engineering -- 131. The New England Society of Clinical Engineering -- 132. New York City Metropolitan Area Clinical Engineering Directors Group -- 133. Clinical Engineering Certification in the United States -- 134. Clinical Engineering Certification in Germany -- Section XIII: The Future -- 135. The Future of Clinical Engineering: The Challenge of Change -- 136. Virtual Instrumentation- Applications to Health Care -- 137. Clinical Engineers in Non- Traditional Roles -- 138. Clinical Support: The Forgotten Function -- 139. Postmarket Surveillance and Vigilance on Medical Devices.

140. Small Business Development: Business Plan Development Fundamentals for the Entrepreneur -- 141. Engineering Primary Health Care: The Sickle Cell Business Case -- 142. Global Hospital in 2050- A Vision -- Appendix 10-A: Sample Request for Proposal ( rfp) -- Appendix 10-B Position Description -- index.