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/Book Chapters

• B. Wang, Six Blind Men and the Elephant, 24x7 magazine, October 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)
• 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
• 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, Chapter 30 - Developments in Brazil and other major Latin American countries, in Medical Devices - International Perspectives on Health and Safety, C.W.D. van Gruting (ed.), Elsevier Science, Amsterdam, 1994
• 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
• C. Toro, B. Wang, T.A. Zeffiro, R.W. Thatcher & M. Hallett, Movement-Related Cortical Potentials: Source Analysis and PET/MRI Correlation, in Functional Neuroimaging - Technical Foundations, R.W. Thatcher, M. Hallet, T. Zeffiro, E.R. John & M. Huerta (eds.), Academic Press, New York, pp. 251-257, 1994
• B. Wang, C. Toro, E. Wasserman, T.A. Zeffiro, R.W. Thatcher & M. Hallett, Multimodel Integration of Electrophysiological Data and Brain Images: EEG, MEG, TMS, MRI, and PET, in Functional Neuroimaging - Technical Foundations, R.W. Thatcher, M. Hallet, T. Zeffiro, E.R. John & M. Huerta (eds.), Academic Press, New York, pp. 251-257, 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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