1. This is a template to use for submitting your country/region success story from the clinical engineering prospective
Submitted by
Name:
Affiliation:
National association (if exists):
Location:
address for contact:

2. Reference 1 (remove this page after its use)
Declaration from Global CE Summit
The inaugural Global CE Summit group was convened in Hangzhou, China on October 23, 2015 for the purpose of improving global health and wellness for the growing world population by focusing on healthcare technology challenges such as identification of common global issues, strengths in collaboration, expansion of opportunities and needs for clinical and biomedical engineering (CE/BME) research, education and practice skills.
The Global CE Summit group included representatives from senior CE/BMEs, national societies, international federations, and WHO that agreed on the need to educate, advocate,  articulate, and harmonize definitions, scope of practice of CE/BME, body of knowledge (BOK), as well as the expansion of academic programs, credentialing & certification, better recognition and value driven, role for international collaboration, and of interdisciplinary relationships.
The Global CE Summit group agreed on an Action Plan that includes:
Creating document supporting WHO approach to ILO facilitating  recognition of our practices as part of the healthcare team
Identification of a common core of knowledge that all CEs are expected to demonstrate
Understanding the relationship between systems engineering methods and CE/BME fields
Initiating a program for educating other professional stake holders, government and administrators about value of CE/BME
Documenting and setting Categories of specialization of advanced practice skills
Articulating our value proposition to address needs of our healthcare systems
Promoting the creation of academic programs that deliver required knowledge for successful career
Identifying appropriate Grand Challenges to encourage problem solving and innovation
Planning on a promotion program to recognize the contribution of CE profession to the improvement of healthcare systems
The timeline agreed upon is end of March 2016 for action plan draft and for identifying Resources needed.
January 2016
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3. Reference 2 Roadmap from now until March 2016
Continue momentum and expand engagement within our community to demonstrate (create) value for decision-maker stakeholders. By creating a White Paper by end of March 2016, to include:
CE BOK (Body of Knowledge) and BOP (Body of Practice) definitions
Specific work & examples contributing to quality & efficiency in healthcare services; via example case studies. Recognize how Healthcare Technology (HT) is the fundamental delivery tool for modern healthcare delivery. Include a short video on what CEs do daily.
Deliver to appropriate decision-maker structure(s), eg, ILO, WHO, Ministries of Health
Started with powerpoint with bullets; provided to WHO in early November 2015 for ILO submission
Collect case studies illustrating how CE/BME help improve access to high quality, safe, affordable healthcare services by deploying and managing health technologies (HT).
Supported by photos, video, etc.
Best ways to facilitate sharing of CE-HTM Success Stories?
Website in transition now … Dropbox now … to collect data. CED creating a Templates to assist.
Another example, pending CEHTA articles re global HTM and CE development … see
How can collaborators assist now? Do you have case studies to share now …? Examples:
India CEs in South India using telemedicine for preventable blindness
India has robust military healthcare – need framework for ideal CE services; they want to know how other countries’ military use HT & HTM in healthcare delivery
India creating National Accreditation board for hospitals; CE related guidelines being developed
January 2016
Global CE / HTM Success Stories

4. Country Estimates in Brief Please fill the statistics you can find
Population
Population Growth Rate
Life Expectancy at Birth
Infant Mortality Rate
Number of Health Centers in Country
Total Expenditure on Health as % of GDP
Global CE / HTM Success Stories

5. Country's Health Technology Program Key Success Story
January 2016
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6. Country's Health Technology Program Next Steps for Success Story
January 2016
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7. Conclusions and Action Plan
January 2016
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