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| | Please find below a list of the articles that I have published since
1989 (for publications prior to 1989, mostly in Portuguese, please click here),
in reverse chronological order. This is
an incomplete list and I will try to add the older ones as I find time.
Published Articles (for books and book chapters,
click here)
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Wang B, Ode to
the Common HTM Professional,
24x7 magazine, Aug 17,
2018,
available at
http://www.24x7mag.com/2018/08/ode-common-htm-professional/
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 Wang
B,
Is Technology Innovation Causing the Bleeding?,
24x7 magazine, Aug
6, 2018, available at
http://www.24x7mag.com/2018/08/technology-innovation-causing-bleeding/
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Wang B,
Pinpointing the Root Cause of Equipment Failures,
24x7 magazine, July 6, 2018, available at
http://www.24x7mag.com/2018/07/viewpoint-pinpointing-root-cause-equipment-failures/
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Wang
B & Tabshouri B, The Joint Commission Versus Joint Commission International:
Part II—Comparing the Survey Practices
for Medical Equipment Management and
Maintenance, Journal of Clinical Engineering:
April/June
2018, 43:75-82
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Wang B, On the
Origins of Evidence-Based Maintenance, 24x7 magazine, Mar 27, 2018,
available at
http://www.24x7mag.com/2018/03/origins-evidence-based-maintenance/
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Wang
B & Tabshouri B, The Joint Commission Versus Joint Commission International:
Part I—Comparing the Standards for Medical Equipment Management and
Maintenance, Journal of Clinical Engineering: January/March 2018, 43:29–47
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Wang B,
Why Won’t Some Manufacturers Release Service Manuals?
24x7 magazine, Jan 9,
2018
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Wang
B & Tabshouri, The Joint Commission Versus Joint Commission International:
Part I—Comparing the Standards for Medical Equipment Management and
Maintenance, Journal of Clinical Engineering: January/March 2018 - Volume 43
- Issue 1 - p 29–47
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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/
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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/
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Wang
B,
‘Perfect Attendance’ or Honest Safety Improvement? Published on February 28,
2017,
http://www.24x7mag.com/2017/02/perfect-attendance-honest-safety-improvement/
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Wang B,
A Medical Device Collective Risk Management Model for Health Care
Organizations and Postmarket Oversight, J. Clin. Eng.,
42:28-35, 2017
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Wang B,
If You See Something, Say Something, 24x7 magazine,
21:12-14,
Dec 2016
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Zheng K, Wang B &
Feng Q. Benchmarking Comparison Between Zhejiang Province and American
Hospitals, J. Clin. Eng., 41:145-152, 2016
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Wang B.
Evidence-based maintenance is CE's moonshot. 24x7 magazine, 21(4):20-24,
April 2016
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Wang B. Can You
Still Use the Risk-based Criteria? 24x7 magazine, 21(1):20-21, Jan 2016
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Wang B. High-risk
doesn’t mean high maintenance. 24x7 magazine, 20(11):18-20, Nov 2015
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Wang B. Why
Hospitals Should Not Fly. 24x7 magazine, 20(9):20-22, Sept 2015
- Wang B. Is Clinical Engineering
Really on Life Support? 24x7 magazine, 20(1):24, Jan 2015
- 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
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Wang B, Baretich M & Ritter T. The CMS Directive: Is There Really a Silver
Lining? 24x7 magazine, 18:46, April 2013.
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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, 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
- Wang B. What is critical equipment and how it should be maintained?
24x7 magazine, August 2012, 17(8):54 (link)
- Wang B.
Did
You Check Your Car Inspection Sticker Today? 24x7 magazine, May, 2012 (link)
- 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.
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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.
- 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
- Wang B. Six
Blind Men and the Elephant, 24x7 magazine, October 2009
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Wang B. Clinical Engineering for Quality Patient Care, J. Med. Innovation,
Q2-2008, 3:130-131
- Wang B, Eliason RW, Richards S, Hertzler
LW & Moorey R. Financial Impact of
Medical Technology, IEEE Eng Med Biol magazine, 27(4):80-85, Jul/Aug 2008
- Wang B. 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
- Wang B. Evidence-Based Maintenance?, 24x7 magazine, April 2007 (link)
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Hernandez A & Wang B. Technology Managers Gather for International Workshop, Biomed. Instrum. & Techn.,
Mar-Apr 2007, 41:95
- Wang B. Who drank my wine?, Biomed. Instrum. & Techn., Nov.-Dec. 2006, 40:418
- Wang B, Eliason RW, & Vanderzee SC. Global Failure Rate: A promising
medical equipment management outcome benchmark, J. Clin. Eng., July-Sept.
2006, 31:145-151
- Wang B, Furst E, Cohen T, Keil OR, Ridgway
M, & Stiefel R. Medical
Equipment Management Strategies, Biomed Instrum & Techn., May/June 2006,
40:233-237. Also available within Compact Disk - The CE Management
Guide: Lessons from the Field, AAMI, Arlington VA, 2008 (http://www.aami.org/publications/Books/cemcd.html).
- Wang B. Fennigkoh and Smith Model for Inclusion Criteria: 15-Year
Retrospective. Interview with Larry Fennigkoh , J. Clin. Eng., 31:26-30,
2006
- Wang B. Financial Management of Clinical Engineering Services, in
Handbook of Clinical Eng., J.F. Dyro (ed.), Elsevier-CRC Publisher, NY,
2004
- B. Wang & Levenson A.
response to a reader letter (re PMs), 24x7 magazine,
April 2004 [link]
- B. Wang & Levenson A.
Are You Compliant? [with
JCAHO's 2004 standards], 24x7 magazine,
Feb. 2004 (link)
- B. Wang & Levenson A. Are You Ready?
[for JCAHO's New Elements of Performance], 24x7 magazine,
Jan. 2004 (link)
- Wang B. "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
- Wang B. How Can We Attain Licensure?, 24x7 magazine, July 2003 (link)
- Wang B. Are You Licensed?, 24x7 magazine, June 2003 (link)
- B. Wang & Rice WP,
JCAHO’s Equipment Inclusion Criteria Revisited —Application of Statistical
Sampling Technique, J. Clin. Eng., 28:36-47, 2003
- Wang B. 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
- Wang B. 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
- Wang B. How do you define quality?, 24x7 magazine, Dec 2002 (copy)
- Wang B.
Nix it of
Phix it: It's a Question of
Value,
24x7 magazine, September 2002 (link)
- Wang B. E.B. Sloane & B. Patel, Quality Management for a Nationwide Fleet
of Rental Biomedical Equipment, J. Clin. Eng., 26:253-269, 2001
- Wang B. ISO
9000 is a Better Alternative for Servicers and Remarketers, 24x7 magazine,
Dec 2000 (pdf version)
- Wang B. Don't Waste Your Time Trying to Reduce Medical Errors, 24x7
magazine, Jul/Aug 2000 (pdf version)
- Wang B. Reality versus Perception, Y2k in Retrospect, J. Clin. Eng.,
Mar/Apr 2000
- Wang B. Did Y2k Help You and The Profession?, J. Clin. Eng., May/Jun
2000
- B. Wang & Levenson A. Equipment inclusion criteria: A new
interpretation of JCAHO's medical equipment management standard, J. Clin.
Eng., 25(1):26-35, Jan/Feb 2000. The model
proposed in this paper has been implemented at two hospital systems:
- University Health Network, Toronto - Canada (Brewin,
Leung & Easty, Effectively utilizing device maintenance data to optimize a
medical device maintenance program, Biomed Instr Tech, 35:383-390, 2001)
- Baystate
Medical Center, Hartford CT (S.M. Yoshikawa, Analysis of the implications
of technology delay in an healthcare organization, M.Sc. Thesis, Univ. of
Connecticut, 2001)
- Wang B. What is the Purpose of CE Certification? J. Clin. Eng., Sept-Oct
99
- Wang B. Y2k-Safe Proposal for Managing Medical Equipment, J. Clin. Eng.
July-Aug 99
- Wang B. An Open Letter to Healthcare Professionals, 24x7 Magazine,
Oct-98 (pdf version)
- Wang B. Year 2000 Testing Concerns, J. Clin. Eng., July-Aug 98
- Wang B. Outsourcing: Be sure you're getting your money's worth, Health
Techn. Mgmt, May-98 (pdf version)
- Wang B. How Would You Like to be Regulated? Health Techn. Mgmt,
Jun-97 (pdf version)
- Wang B. Is Outsourcing not Saving You Much?, Health Techn. Mgmt,
Mar-97 (pdf version)
- Wang B. Which Service Organization Should You Work For?, 24x7 Magazine,
Nov-96 (pdf version)
- Wasserman E, Wang B. Zeffiro TA, Sadato
N, Pascual-Leone A, Toro C & Hallett M. Locating the motor cortex on the, MRI with transcranial
magnetic stimulation and PET, Neuroimage, 3:1-9, 1996
- Wang B. The Facts on Used Equipment Export, Biomed. Techn. Mgmt., p. 64,
May/June 1995 (pdf version)
- Wang B. Head surface digitization and registration: A method for mapping
positions on the head onto magnetic resonance images, Brain Topogr.,
6:185-192, 1994
- Nagamine T, Toro C, Balish M, Deuschl G,
Wang B, Sato S, Shibasaki H & Hallett M. Cortical magnetic and electric fields associated
with voluntary finger movements, Brain Topogr., 6:175-183, 1994
- Wang B & Calil SJ, Clinical Engineering in Brasil: Current Status, J. Clin. Engng.,
16(2):129-135, 1991 (pdf version)
- Wang B. Clinical engineering & equipment policy for Sao Paulo State,
Brazil, J. Clin. Engng., 15(4): 287-293, 1990 (pdf
version)
- Wang B. An integrated approach, in "The right equipment...
in working order" Round Table - Discussion. World Health Forum, 10:
25-27, 1989 (pdf version)
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