I followed the 6th ICEHTMC conference which took place in Shenzhen, China, between the 17th and 20th of October, and I presented a virtual paper titled "Electronic records - a new partnership of trust and responsibility - the requisite undergraduate training." (Medical equipment data is sometimes linked to patients' records.)
Papers were presented by authors from over 100 countries. Clinical engineers design, develop, maintain and manage medical equipment including wearable to improve healthcare delivery. The clinical engineers utilise clinical and research evidence to design equipment that both provides and audits clinical support. Medical devices are increasingly managing patients and their personal health data remotely utilising the Internet of Things, for distributive, home, and residential home care. They are increasingly employing Artificial Intelligence.
The lifecycle of medical equipment was described as "innovation, need assessment (referring to clinical and research information), planning, procurement, management, maintenance, refurbishment, decommissioning, and safe disposal. Clinical Engineering is recognised by a World Health Assembly Resolution.
The next ICEHTMC conference is expected to take place in 2027.
https://www.globalcea.org/icehtmc
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HIFA profile: Richard Fitton is a retired family doctor - GP. Professional interests: Health literacy, patient partnership of trust and implementation of healthcare with professionals, family and public involvement in the prevention of modern lifestyle diseases, patients using access to professional records to overcome confidentiality barriers to care, patients as part of the policing of the use of their patient data Email address: richardpeterfitton7 AT gmail.com