PAHO 1st ECC Conference for
Health Services Managers and Clinical Engineers
20-24 October, 2008 Barbados
Presentations: Advanced Clinical Engineering Workshop (ACEW)
Volunteer expert faculty provided by the American College of Clinical Engineering (ACCE, www.ACCEnet.org )
Day 1 Presentations:
Dr. Elliot Sloane's Keynote Address: The Convergence Clinical and Information Technologies
Caroline Campbell's Presentations
Managing Healthcare Technology Maintenance - Identifying the Right Mix of Service Providers
Growing Your In-house Service Program
Tobey Clark's Presentations
Calculating the Hourly Cost of the Service You Provide
Creating a Contract to Provide Outside Services
Managing Outside Service Providers
What Services Can You Manage for Others
Elliot Sloane's Presentations
What Services Can You Share with Others
Day 2 Presentations:
Antonio Hernandez's Keynote Presentation: Defining New Infrastructure Needs in Health - The decision-making process
Tobey Clark's Presentations
Best Practices - Healthcare Technology Planning
Best Practices - Healthcare Technology Purchasing
Best Practices - Equipment Replacement Planning
US Army Library of Healthcare Technology Manuals
US Army X-Ray System and Facility Manual
US Army Medical Equipment Management Manual - V1
US Army Medical Equipment Management Manual - V2
Antonio Hernandez's Presentations
Acquiring Healthcare Technology - Technology Assessment
Elliot Sloane's Presentations
LCC Template 1 LCC Template 2 LCC Template 3 LCC Template 4
Technology Selection/Evaluation
Accidents and Forensic Investigations
Day 3 Presentations:
Caroline Campbell's Presentations
Certification Programs for Clinical Engineers
Tobey Clark's Presentations
Roles for CE and HTM Professionals
Academic Training Opportunities for Clinical Engineers and BMETs
Antonio Hernandez's Presentations
Accepting and Managing Technology Donations
Day 4 Presentations:
Caroline Campbell's Presentations
Planning for Telemedicine, Teleradiology, and eHealth
Elliot Sloane's Presentations
Information Technology Information Resources for CEs and Health Systems Managers
The Changing Medical Device Paradigm: Convergence of CE and IT
Clinical Information Technologies, Networks, IT Backbone, and eHealth Topics for CEs
Day 5 Presentations:
Caroline Campbell's Presentations
Tobey Clark's Presentations
Distance Learning Opportunities for the Caribbean
Shared Services for Healthcare Technology Management
Antonio Hernandez's Presentations
INFRATECH and other Virtual Communities and Resources