Additions made over 12 months ago are stored on this page (in reverse chronological order):

• Wang B, Float Your SPI and Go Fishing!, 24x7 magazine, August 25, 2017, available at http://www.24x7mag.com/2017/08/float-spi-go-fishing/

• Wang B, To Mock or Not to Mock (Survey): That’s the Question!, 24x7 magazine, April 23, 2017, available at http://www.24x7mag.com/2017/04/mock-survey-not-mock-thats-question/

• Wang B, ‘Perfect Attendance’ or Honest Safety Improvement? Published on February 28, 2017, http://www.24x7mag.com/2017/02/perfect-attendance-honest-safety-improvement/

• Wang B, Proving Safety & Effectiveness of Your HTM Program to Accreditation Organizations and Regulatory Agencies, AAMI Annual Meeting, June 2017

• Wang B, Review of Evidence of Service-Related Incidents Caused by Medical Equipment, AAMI Annual Meeting, June 2017

• Wang B, A Medical Device Collective Risk Management Model for Health Care Organizations and Postmarket Oversight, J. Clin. Eng., 42:28-35, 2017

• Wang B, If You See Something, Say Something, 24x7 magazine, 21:12-14, Dec 2016

• Zheng K, Wang B & Feng Q.  Benchmarking Comparison Between Zhejiang Province and American Hospitals, J. Clin. Eng., 41:145-152, 2016

• Wang B.  Presentations at National Taiwan University, Changhua Christian Hospital, National Cheng Kung University's College of Medicine, and Taiwan FDA.  July 2016

• Wang B.  Evidence-based maintenance is CE's moonshot.  24x7 magazine, 21(4):20-24, April 2016

• Wang B.  Can You Still Use the Risk-based Criteria? 24x7 magazine, 21(1):20-21, Jan 2016

• Wang B.  High-risk doesn’t mean high maintenance.  24x7 magazine, 20(11):18-20, Nov 2015

• Wang B.  Why Hospitals Should Not Fly.  24x7 magazine, 20(9):20-22, Sept 2015

• Wang B, Equipment Maintenance & Equipment Management workshops, 6th CEAI (CE Assoc Illinois) Conference, Aug 19-20, 2015, OakBrook Terrace, IL

• Wang B, Clinical Engineering Best Practice and Benchmarking, World Congress Med Phys & Biomed Engineering, Toronto, Canada, June 12, 2015

• Wang B, Principles of Clinical Engineering, delivered as part of the "Flying Over the Hump" HTM lectures in four major Chinese cities (Chongqing, Guangzhou, Jinan, and Wenzhou), as an invited faculty by the Clinical Engineering Branch of the Chinese Biomedical Engineering Society, May 2015

• Wang B & Fedele J, A Practical Approach — How to comply with the revised equipment management standards issued by CMS and TJC, MD Expo 2015, Nashville TN, March 31, 2015

• Wang B, CMS Revised Equipment Management Standards, keynote address, 2015 Annual Conference of the Indiana Biomedical Society, Indianapolis IN, January 24, 2015

• Wang B.  Is Clinical Engineering Really on Life Support? 24x7 magazine, 20(1):24, Jan 2015

• Wang B & Fedele J, How to Comply with the Revised Equipment Management standards issued by CMS and TJC?, MD Expo 2014, Orlando FL, Oct 2, 2014

• Wang B, The American Medical Equipment Service Market - Experience and Lessons Learned, The First Chinese International Congress of Clinical Eng & Information Technology, WuXi, China, Sept. 26, 2014

• Wang B, Clinical Engineers’ role in Global Health, International Symposium of Biomedical Engineering, Inst. Tecn. De Monterrey, Monterrey City-Mexico, April 24-26 of 2014

• Wang B, Equipment Maintenance & Equipment Management workshops, Tec-Saúde/ACEW Florianópolis-SC, Brazil, Oct. 8-10, 2013

• Wang B, Clinical Engineering Productivity Benchmarking, North Carolina Biomed Association (NCBA) Annual Conference, Sept. 6, 2013

• Wang B, Rui T, Koslosky J, Fedele J, Balar S, Hertzler LW & Poplin B. Evidence-Based Maintenance: Part IV - Comparison of scheduled inspection procedure, J. Clin. Eng., 38:108-116, 2013

• Wang B, Baretich M & Ritter T. The CMS Directive: Is There Really a Silver Lining? 24x7 magazine, 18:46, April 2013.

• Wang B, Rui T & Balar S.  An estimate of patient incidents caused by medical equipment maintenance omissions, Biomed Instrum & Techn., 47:84-91, 2013

• Wang B & Fedele J, Evidence-based Maintenance: Comparison of OEM versus hospital – developed maintenance procedures and schedules, MD Expo 2013, April 3, 2013

• Wang B, Rui T & Balar S, An estimate of patient incidents caused by medical equipment maintenance omissions, Biomed Instr Techn, Jan-Feb 2013, pp 84-91

• Wang B. Medical Equipment Maintenance: Management and Oversight, Synthesis Lectures on Biomedical Engineering, J.D. Enderle (ed.), Morgan & Claypool Publ., Princeton NJ, 2012 (available through amazon.com (link)

• Wang B, Rui T, Fedele J, Balar S, Alba T, Hertzler LW & Poplin B. Clinical Engineering Productivity and Staffing Revisited: How should it be measured and how can it be used? J. Clin. Eng., 37:135-145, 2012

• Evidence-Based Medical Equipment Maintenance Management, 3rd Chilean Biomedical Engineering Meeting - Tercera Jornadas Chilenas de Ingeniería Biomédica, Sept 26-28, 2012, Viña del Mar - Chile (link)

• Interviewed in "CMS directive faces resistance from accreditors and medical equipment organizations," Briefings on Hospital Safety, 20(9):4-7, Sept. 2012

• Wang B. What is Critical Equipment, and How Should it be Maintained? 24x7 magazine, August 2012, 17(8):54(link)

• Lies, damned lies and statistics, presented at the session A Comparison of Healthcare Technology Benchmarking Products, AAMI Annual Conference, June 4, 2012.

• An estimate of the sentinel events caused by maintenance omissions, presented at the session Understanding the Impact of the New CMS Maintenance Rule, AAMI Annual Conference, June 3, 2012

• Did You Check Your Car Inspection Sticker Today? 24x7 magazine, May, 2012 (link)

• A Continued Look at Maintenance Effectiveness, with Jim Fedele, MD Expo Spring 2012, April 12, 2012

• Wang B & Poplin B, Are You Managing Risk or Severity?, 24x7 magazine, Aug 2011 (link)
• Wang B, Fedele J, Pridgen B, Rui T, Barnett L, Granade C, Helfrich R, Stephenson B, Lesueur D, Huffman T, Wakefield JR, Hertzler LW & Poplin B. Evidence-Based Maintenance: Part III, Enhancing patient safety using failure code analysis, J Clin Eng, 2011, 36:72-84.
• Interviewed in "Benchmarking for more" by S Gabert, 24x7 magazine, April 2011 (link)
• Implementing Maintenance Effectiveness, MD Expo 2011, Napa, CA, March 26, 2011 (with Jim Fedele)
• Wang B & Berek B, Finally, a Win for Sanity, 24x7 magazine, March 2011
• Wang B, Fedele J, Pridgen B, Rui T, Barnett L, Granade C, Helfrich R, Stephenson B, Lesueur D, Huffman T, Wakefield JR, Hertzler LW & Poplin B. Evidence-Based Maintenance: Part II -  Comparing maintenance strategies using failure codes, J Clin Eng, 2010, 35:223-230.
• Interviewed in "The PM Debate" by R Diiulio, 24x7 magazine, Aug 2010 (link)
• Wang B, Fedele J, Pridgen B, Rui T, Barnett L, Granade C, Helfrich R, Stephenson B, Lesueur D, Huffman T, Wakefield JR, Hertzler LW & Poplin B. Evidence-Based Maintenance: Part I - Measuring maintenance effectiveness with failure codes, J Clin Eng, 2010, 35:132-144.
• Benchmarking of Clinical Engineering Departments of American Hospitals, 11th Annual Meeting of the Biomedical Eng Sub-Society of the Chinese Medical Society & Clinical Eng Digital Medicine Conference, Shanghai, Sept. 9-11, 2010 (with B Poplin, D Tso & M Clouser)
• Large Scale Medical Equipment Maintenance: Experience of the Largest American Independent Service Organization,11th Annual Meeting of the Biomedical Eng Sub-Society of the Chinese Medical Society & Clinical Eng Digital Medicine Conference, Shanghai, Sept. 9-11, 2010 (for B Poplin, with D Tso & M Clouser)
• Recipient of 2010 AAMI Clinical/Biomedical Engineering Achievement Award, June 2010 (http://www.aami.org/publications/AAMINews/Jun2010/awards.html)
• Evidence-Based Maintenance: How to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Your Maintenance Strategies? 15th Annual Atlantic Canada Clinical Engineering Conference, Moncton - Canada, April 28, 2010
• Evidence-Based Maintenance, ACCE Teleconference, Dec 17, 2009
• Participated in the Second Technical Advisory Group Meeting on Health Technology, Nov 8-9, 2009, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
• Invited Member of Panel Discussion on Regulatory Issues & Medical Ethics Concerns at Transitioning Global Health Technologies from Labs to LDCs, Rice University, Nov 6, 2009
• B. Wang, Six Blind Men and the Elephant, 24x7 magazine, October 2009
• First Indo-US Advanced Clinical Engineering Workshop, Thiruvananthapuram, India - Oct 5-9, 2009 (academic leader)
  • Medical Equipment Maintenance Management, parts I, II, and III
  • Clinical Engineering Benchmarking
• Invited to be a member of the World Health Organization's (WHO) Technical Advisory Group on Health Technology, 2009
• B. Wang, Strategic Health Technology Incorporation, Synthesis Lectures on Biomedical Engineering, J.D. Enderle (ed.), Morgan & Claypool Publ., Princeton NJ, 2009 (http://www.morganclaypool.com/doi/abs/10.2200/S00216ED1V01Y200908BME032)
• Included in BMET Wikipedia as one of the "People of Importance to the Biomedical Engineering Field"
• Evidence-Based Maintenance, 18th Annual Meeting of the Indiana Biomedical Society, Jan 17, 2009
• "Comparação quantitativa de serviços de Engª Clínica" - IV Congresso da Associação Brasileira de Eng. Clínica-ABEClin, Salvador BA - Brasil, Nov. 19, 2008
• Evidence-Based Maintenance, 2008 MD Expo, Orlando FL, Oct. 25, 2008
• Evidence-based medical equipment maintenance management, 25th Annual Meeting of the Biomedical Association of Wisconsin (http://www.baw.org/), Green Bay, WI, Oct. 8, 2008
• B. Wang, Evidence-based Medical Equipment Maintenance Management, in A Practicum for Biomedical Engineering and Technology Management Issues, L.R. Atles (ed.), Kendall/Hunt Publishing, Dubuque IO, 2008, pp. 219-254.
• B Wang, RW Eliason, S Richards, LW Hertzler, and R Moorey, Financial Impact of Medical Technology, IEEE Eng Med Biol magazine, 27(4):80-85, Jul/Aug 2008
• Evidence-Based Maintenance: To PM or not to PM? You Decide!, 2008 CABMET Symposium - Keynote Address, Colorado Association of Biomedical Technicians - CABMET, Aug. 16, 2008
• B. Wang, Clinical Engineering for Quality Patient Care, J. Med. Innovation, Q2-2008, 3:130-131 (www.futurehealthcareus.com)
• B. Wang, R.W. Eliason, S.M. Richards, L.W. Hertzler & S. Koenigshof, Clinical Engineering Benchmarking An Analysis of American Acute Care Hospitals, J. Clin. Eng., 33:24-37,2008
• JCAHO Roundtable: Evidence Based Medical Equipment Maintenance, NCBA 29th Annual Symposium & Expo, Pinehurst, NC, December 4, 2007
• Evidence-Based Medical Equipment Maintenance, New Jersey Biomedical Engineering Society, Robert Wood Johnson Hospital, New Brunswick, November 6, 2007
• Awarded the Best Technology & Management paper of 2006, Biomedical Instrumentation & Technology (BIT) magazine published by Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI)
• B. Wang, Evidence-Based Maintenance?, 24x7 magazine, April 2007 (link)
• A. Hernandez & B. Wang, Technology Managers Gather for International Workshop, Biomed. Instrum. & Techn., Mar-Apr 2007, 41:95
• B. Wang, Who drank my wine?, Biomed. Instrum. & Techn., Nov.-Dec. 2006, 40:418
• Interviewed in "Are You benchmarking yet?" by M. Fotopoulos, 24x7 magazine, Dec. 2006 (link)
• B. Wang, R. W. Eliason, & S. C. Vanderzee, Global Failure Rate: A promising medical equipment management outcome benchmark, J. Clin. Eng., July-Sept. 2006, 31:145-151
• B. Wang, E. Furst, T. Cohen, O.R. Keil, M. Ridgway, R. Stiefel, Medical Equipment Management Strategies, Biomed Instrum & Techn., May/June 2006, pp. 233-237
• B. Wang, Fennigkoh and Smith Model for Inclusion Criteria: 15-Year Retrospective. Interview with Larry Fennigkoh , J. Clin. Eng., 31:26-30, 2006
• Revised JCAHO Standards and their impacts on Clinical Engineering, AAMI Conference & Expo, June 24-26, 2006, Washington, DC
• Clinical Engineering Benchmarking, 29th Canadian Medical and Biological Engineering Conference, Vancouver, BC, June 1-3, 2006
• Development of the Saudi Food and Drug Administration's Medical Device Division, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, December 10-14, 2005
• Clinical Engineering Benchmarking: Failure rate as an indicator, NCBA 27th Annual Symposium & Expo, Pinehurst, NC, December 5-7, 2005
• Medical Equipment Management in the United States: Lessons learned in 30 years, keynote address at the 2005 International Forum on Safety and Quality Control of Medical Devices and the Annual Meeting of Clinical Medical Engineering Society of Shanghai Medical Association, Shanghai, China, Oct. 21, 2005
• Elected member of United States Certification Commission (USCC)
• Conferência de Serviço Tecser, June 16, 2005, as part of Hospitalar 2005 trade show in Sao Paulo, Brazil
• Planejamento e Incorporação de novas Tecnologias: uma necessidade na viabilização e no crescimento sustentado de Unidades Assistenciais, Seminário de Engenharia Clínica, XV Congresso Brasileiro de Engenharia e Arquitetura Hospitalar e VI Congresso Internacional de Engenharia e Arquitetura Hospitalar, June 16, 2005, Sao Paulo, Brazil
• Update on Revised JCAHO Standards and How They Impact Clinical Engineering, AAMI Conference & Expo, May 14-17, 2005, Tampa, FL
• Update on Proposed JCAHO Equipment Management Standards, ACCE Teleconference, Feb. 17, 2005
• Presentation: Performance Metrics for Medical Equipment Management Programs, CEMC Technology Management Subcommittee Mid-Year Tele-Conference - Jan. 31, 2005
• Invited to be a "user" member of the UL's Standards Technical Panel (STP) for X-Ray Equipment (UL187), Medical and Dental Equipment (UL544), and Medical Electrical Equipment, Part 1: General Requirements for Safety (UL 60601-1) - STP 187 (in addition to STP 416 - Refrigerated Medical Equipment), December 2004
• B. Wang, JCAHO Roundtable: 2004 Clinical Engineering Standards: What's new, what was proposed and what happened, NCBA 26th Annual Symposium & Expo, Pinehurst, NC, December 7, 2004
• Elevated to "Senior Member," IEEE, Nov. 2004
• Admitted as member, American College of Healthcare Executives - ACHE, Nov. 2004
• Joined ARAMARK Clinical Technology Services, Inc. as Senior Director, Program Support & Quality Assurance
• B. Wang, JCAHO 2004 Standards:  Proposed Revisions to the Clinical Engineering Standards, AAMI Annual Conference & Expo, Boston, June 7, 2004
• B. Wang,JCAHO Clinical Engineering Standards Study Group, Suggested Improvements to Equipment Management Standards, April 2004 (PDF copy)
• B. Wang,Drafting EC Standards for JCAHO, CEMC Technology Management Subcommittee Mid-Year Tele-Conference - March 5, 2004
• B. Wang & A. Levenson, response to a reader letter (re PMs), 24x7 magazine, April 2004
• B. Wang, Drafting EC Standards for JCAHO, CEMC Technology Management Subcommittee Mid-Year Tele-Conference - March 5, 2004
• B. Wang & A. Levenson, Are You Compliant? [with JCAHO's 2004 standards], 24x7 magazine, Feb. 2004
• B. Wang, A Framework for Health Equipment Management in Developing Countries, in Hospital Engineering and Facilities Management 2003, Business Briefings Ltd (in association with International Federation of Hospital Engineering), Jan. 2003
• B. Wang & A. Levenson, Are You Ready? [for JCAHO's New Elements of Performance], 24x7 magazine, Jan. 2004
• Attributes Sampling Applied to Clinical Equipment Inspections, ACCE Teleconference, Dec. 18, 2003
• "Wang Responds" in "JCE Roundtable: Debating the medical device preventive maintenance dilemma and what is the safest and most cost-effective remedy," T. Baker (ed.), J. Clin. Eng., 28:183-190, 2003
• Nominated member of UL's Standards Technical Panel (STP) for Refrigerated Medical Equipment, STP 416.
• Future of Clinical Engineering in Industry: A Rental Company’s Perspective, World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering - WC 2003, Sydney - Australia, August 24-29, 2003 (presented by Jim Wear)

• Attributes Sampling Applied to Medical Equipment Inspections, World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering - WC 2003, Sydney - Australia, August 24-29, 2003 (presented by Jim Wear)

• Appraisal of an equipment loan project presented by the General Hospital of Thanh Hoa province, Vietnam, to the Finland government, July 14-17, 2003 (more international activities)
• Appraisal of an equipment loan project presented by the General Hospital of Cao Bang province, Vietnam, to the Finland government, July 7-11, 2003 (more international activities)
• "How Can We Attain Licensure?" article published in 24x7 magazine, July 2003
• Statistical Sampling Applied to Clinical Equipment Inspections - attributes sampling, AAMI Conf. & Expo 2003, Long Beach CA, June14-17, 2003
• "Are You Licensed?" article published in 24x7 magazine, June 2003, more...
• Acquisition Strategies for Medical Technology, International Forum for Promoting Safe and Affordable Medical Technologies in Developing Countries, May 19 – 20, 2003, The World Bank, Washington, D.C. (more upcoming presentations can be found in Presentations page)
• Promoted to Vice President, Quality Assurance & Regulatory Affairs, at MEDIQ, April 2003
• Published (with W.P. Rice) "JCAHO’s Equipment Inclusion Criteria Revisited —Application of Statistical Sampling Technique" in J. Clin. Eng., Jan.-Mar. 2003, more...
• Inducted as fellow of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) at the National Academy of Sciences, Feb. 2003, more...
• Completed evaluation of equipment project for Fuzhou and Alashan hospitals in China, Dec. 2002, more...
• Published "How do you define quality?" article in 24x7 magazine, Dec 2002, more...
• Review of "Practical Steps for Developing Health Care Technology Policy" by C. Temple-Bird, IEEE Eng. Med. Biol. Mag., 21:161-162, Nov-Dec 2002
• Presented "Technology Policy for Health Care System:  Assessment, Planning, and Acquisition" paper at The Second Joint Meeting of the IEEE-EMBS and BMES, October 2002
• Published "Nix it of Phix it: It's a Question of Value" article in 24x7 magazine, September 2002, more...
• Presented "Repair or Replace?  The Hospital CFO's Point of View" talk at ACCE Teleconference, Sept. 19, 2002

Prior volunteer service for the following organizations:

• Ubuntu Education Fund for the Children of South Africa, Board of Director
• Carelift International, Technical Advisory Board
• Community College of Philadelphia, member of the Electronic Engng. Technology Program Advisory Committee
• Orbis International, faculty of the Adv. Clinical Engng. Workshop in Beijing, China, 1995

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