Global Clinical Engineering Alliance

HTF's Purpose

GCEA Mission: to maximize the benefits for patients and their care providers from Clinical Engineering expertise and healthcare technology, while minimizing the risks and costs.

HTF’s Purpose is to support the GCEA mission by generating, responsibly managing, and distributing funds to support education and research that leads to safe, effective, patient-centered, timely, efficient, and equitable application of healthcare technology.

Our Vision is to achieve significant improvements in global healthcare through the application of healthcare technology.

At Healthcare Technology Foundation we offer the following programs:

Clinical Alarms Management and Integration - This program identifies issues and opportunities to improve clinical alarm design, integration, operation, response, and actions.
Patient Safety and Education Program – The program provides resources for improving patient safety with the education of the public on the safe use of patient devices in the home environment. Brochures have been developed on "Home Devices – Can I Bring My Own Medical Device with Me to the Hospital?" and "Fire Safety & Oxygen: A Patient Guide." The brochures are published in English and Spanish and posted on the Healthcare Technology Foundation website. Our contact is Jim Wear.
ACCE/HTF Marv Shepherd Patient Safety Award - The annual Shepherd Patient Safety Award recognizes a deserving clinical engineer/biomedical engineer who advanced patient safety through the design, use, support, education, and/or management of healthcare technologies. This individual could be an inventor, accident investigator, author, educator, promoter of the safe use of technology in health care, and/or other persons with recognized patient safety accomplishments. This award is administered jointly with the ACCE.
Tools for Managing Integrated Technology Risk - The Healthcare Technology Foundation and AAMl are working together to develop and offer an education and training program to healthcare systems on systems engineering topics, with the goal of increasing the skills and ability of clinical technology professionals to apply systems engineering tools and principles to their work.

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At Healthcare Technology Foundation we offer the following programs:

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