







| | 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. Upcoming Articles - B Wang et al., Evidence-Based Maintenance: II - Comparing maintenance strategies using failure codes, J. Clin. Eng., Oct-Dec 2010
Published Articles (for books and book chapters, click here) 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- B. Wang, Six Blind Men and the Elephant, 24x7 magazine, October 2009
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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, 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).
- B. Wang, Fennigkoh and Smith Model for Inclusion Criteria: 15-Year Retrospective. Interview with Larry Fennigkoh , J. Clin. Eng., 31:26-30, 2006
- B. Wang, Financial Management of Clinical Engineering Services, in Handbook of Clinical Eng., J.F. Dyro (ed.), Elsevier-CRC Publisher, NY, 2004
- B. Wang & A. Levenson, response to a reader letter (re PMs), 24x7 magazine, April 2004 [link]
- B. Wang & A. Levenson, Are You Compliant? [with JCAHO's 2004 standards], 24x7 magazine, Feb. 2004 (link)
- B. Wang & A. Levenson, Are You Ready? [for JCAHO's New Elements of Performance], 24x7 magazine, Jan. 2004 (link)
- B. Wang, "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
- B. Wang, How Can We Attain Licensure?, 24x7 magazine, July 2003 (link)
- B. Wang, Are You Licensed?, 24x7 magazine, June 2003 (link)
- B. Wang & W.P. Rice, JCAHO’s Equipment Inclusion Criteria Revisited —Application of Statistical Sampling Technique, J. Clin. Eng., 28:36-47, 2003
- 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, 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
- B. Wang, How do you define quality?, 24x7 magazine, Dec 2002 (copy)
- B. Wang, Nix it of Phix it: It's a Question of Value, 24x7 magazine, September 2002 (link)
- B. Wang, E.B. Sloane & B. Patel, Quality Management for a Nationwide Fleet of Rental Biomedical Equipment, J. Clin. Eng., 26:253-269, 2001
- B. Wang, ISO 9000 is a Better Alternative for Servicers and Remarketers, 24x7 magazine, Dec 2000 (pdf version)
- B. Wang, Don't Waste Your Time Trying to Reduce Medical Errors, 24x7 magazine, Jul/Aug 2000 (pdf version)
- B. Wang, Reality versus Perception, Y2k in Retrospect, J. Clin. Eng., Mar/Apr 2000
- B. Wang, Did Y2k Help You and The Profession?, J. Clin. Eng., May/Jun 2000
- B. Wang & A. Levenson, 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)
- B. Wang, What is the Purpose of CE Certification? J. Clin. Eng., Sept-Oct 99
- B. Wang, Y2k-Safe Proposal for Managing Medical Equipment, J. Clin. Eng. July-Aug 99
- B. Wang, An Open Letter to Healthcare Professionals, 24x7 Magazine, Oct-98 (pdf version)
- B. Wang, Year 2000 Testing Concerns, J. Clin. Eng., July-Aug 98
- B. Wang, Outsourcing: Be sure you're getting your money's worth, Health Techn. Mgmt, May-98 (pdf version)
- B. Wang, How Would You Like to be Regulated? Health Techn. Mgmt, Jun-97 (pdf version)
- B. Wang, Is Outsourcing not Saving You Much?, Health Techn. Mgmt, Mar-97 (pdf version)
- B. Wang, Which Service Organization Should You Work For?, 24x7 Magazine, Nov-96 (pdf version)
- E. Wasserman, B. Wang, T.A. Zeffiro, N. Sadato, A. Pascual-Leone, C. Toro & M. Hallett, Locating the motor cortex on the MRI with transcranial magnetic stimulation and PET, Neuroimage, 3:1-9, 1996
- B. Wang, The Facts on Used Equipment Export, Biomed. Techn. Mgmt., p. 64, May/June 1995 (pdf version)
- B. Wang, Head surface digitization and registration: A method for mapping positions on the head onto magnetic resonance images, Brain Topogr., 6:185-192, 1994
- T. Nagamine, C. Toro, M. Balish, G. Deuschl, B. Wang, S. Sato, H. Shibasaki & M. Hallett, Cortical magnetic and electric fields associated with voluntary finger movements, Brain Topogr., 6:175-183, 1994
- B. Wang & S.J. Calil, Clinical Engineering in Brasil: Current Status, J. Clin. Engng., 16(2):129-135, 1991 (pdf version)
- B. Wang, Clinical engineering & equipment policy for Sao Paulo State, Brazil, J. Clin. Engng., 15(4): 287-293, 1990 (pdf version)
- B. Wang, 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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