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Health Technology (HT) is vital to health care and wellness programs. The dependence on HT services and the expectation for novel approaches has never been greater. Patients, payers, and administrators are demanding innovative HT and optimal services. Clinical Engineers (CEs) are critical members of the healthcare team and are responsible for current and emerging strategies for HT management. But is their role recognized? An IFMBE Clinical Engineering Division (CED) survey determined it was generally unrecognized and collected further data with a landmark survey of success stories. 400 stories from 125 countries qualified as evidence-based CE contributions. A subset of innovation stories were subsequently extracted to see how innovation approaches and solutions could be effectively shared with stakeholders. These stories demonstrated significant benefits from HT innovation and evidenced a compelling case for CEs to embrace innovation as brand for their work and a path to enhance recognition within the global health community.
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Castañeda, M., Judd, T. (2019). Global Clinical Engineering Innovation, Overview and New Perspectives. In: Lhotska, L., Sukupova, L., Lacković, I., Ibbott, G. (eds) World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering 2018. IFMBE Proceedings, vol 68/3. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-9023-3_150
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