1. Global Clinical Engineering Success Stories AIIC: a winning model for membership and partnership in Clinical Engineering Associations Name: Paolo Lago Affiliation: Clinical Engineering Director, IRCCS San Matteo Hospital Foundation. Pavia National association: AIIC – Associazione Italiana Ingegneri Clinici Location: Italy E-mail address for contact: p.lago@smatteo.pv.it Submitted by

2. January 2016 Country Estimates in Brief Population60,656,000 Population Growth Rate-0,23% Life Expectancy at Birth80,1 Males 84,7 Females Infant Mortality Rate3,3/1000 Number of Health Centers in Country Total Expenditure on Health as % of GDP Global CE / HTM Success Stories2

3. AIIC – Italian Association of Clinical Engineers January 2016Global CE / HTM Success Stories3 General Data AIIC was founded in 1993 in Milan Two Main goals: 1.To spread and advance scientific, technical and organizational knowledge in Clinical Engineering 2.To represent the professional interests of Clinical Engineers and promote the establishment of clinical engineering services in health institutions for the governance of medical technologies Membership: -Candidate Members -Observing Members -Attending Members -Ordinary Members -Senior Ordinary Members -Honorary Members -Supporting Members 18 WG: e.g International, Young, Innovation, HTA, ICT etc 19 Regional Groups

4. AIIC – Italian Association of Clinical Engineers January 2016Global CE / HTM Success Stories4 Membership Increase 2000-2016

5. AIIC – Italian Association of Clinical Engineers January 2016Global CE / HTM Success Stories5 Education AIIC promotes Clinical Engineers education through agreements with University partners: UniversityCityCourse Università degli studi di TriesteTriesteMaster in Clinical Engineering Università degli studi di PaviaPaviaMaster in Clinical Engineering Università di BolognaBolognaMaster in Clinical Engineering Università degli Studi di FirenzeFirenzeMaster in Clinical Engineering Altems, Università cattolica del Sacro CuoreRomaMaster in Organization and Management of Healthcare Centres and Services Altems, Università cattolica del Sacro CuoreRomaMaster in Health Technology Management and Assessment Altems, Università cattolica del Sacro CuoreRomaSpecialization Course in Risk Management Università degli studi di SienaSienaMaster in Health Service Management Università degli studi di SienaSienaSpecialization Course in Management of Healthcare Centres Università degli studi di SienaSienaSpecialization Course in Organization of Healthcare Services Università di PisaPisaMaster in Management of Healthcare Centres Università degli Studi di FirenzeFirenzeMaster in Health Engineering and HTA Università degli Studi di ParmaParmaMaster in Healthcare Management Università Carlo Cattaneo - LIUCCastellanza (VA)Specialization Course in HTA

6. AIIC – Italian Association of Clinical Engineers January 2016Global CE / HTM Success Stories6 National Conference Each year AIIC organizes a National Conference in a different Italian city. The XVI edition took place in Bari in April 2016 with the following features: Number of registered attendees: 800 Number of training courses: 10 Number of speakers (including teachers at the training courses): 112 Number of exhibitors: 85 Number of scientific sessions: 14 AIIC National Conference was taken as a model for the 1 st ICEHTMC that took place in Hangzhou (China) in October 2015.

7. AIIC – Italian Association of Clinical Engineers January 2016Global CE / HTM Success Stories7 Legislative actions First step for the recognition of Clinical/Biomedical Engineer figure in Italy AIIC proposed an amendment to the bill n°1324 relating to the reorganization of healthcare professionals and to other healthcare issues. In February 2016 AIIC amendment was approved in Health Commission in Parliament. It establishes a Certified National List of Biomedical and Clinical Engineers, already enrolled in the Professional Association of Engineers. This List will be approved by the Ministry of Health and managed jointly by the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Justice. The amendment approval was only a first milestone of a long path started in 2014: several times an AIIC delegation went to Parliament and MoH for hearings concerning the amendment. AIIC will continue in this direction working hard in order to obtain the final goal.

8. AIIC – Italian Association of Clinical Engineers January 2016Global CE / HTM Success Stories8 International Relations AIIC is affiliated to IFMBE since 2003 AIIC was among the Organizing Committee of 1 st ICEHTMC AIIC Members elected in IFMBE CED Board: – Diego Bravar was a Board Member in the period 1987-1994, appointed Chair in 1992. –Ernesto Iadanza is present Chair, elected in 2015. –Paolo Lago is a Board Member, elected in 2006 and reelected in 2015. Regular relations with other CE Associations (e.g. the American College of Clinical Engineering- ACCE, the Sociedad Española de Electromedicina e Ingeniería Clínica -SEEIC, the Association Francaise des Ingénieurs Biomédicaux –AFIB and others) Collaborations with WHO MoU signed with ECRI Institute in 2013 for the development of joint initiatives

9. Conclusions and Action Plan AIIC is a possible model for Clinical Engineers Associations worldwide regarding: –Membership –Relationship and partnership, both nationally and globally AIIC will support the 2 nd edition of ICEHTMC hosted in Brasil in 2017 and will organize the 2019 edition in Italy AIIC will continue to spread and promote the Clinical Engineer figure globally and jointly with IFMBE, WHO, ACCE and other stakeholders. January 2016Global CE / HTM Success Stories9