American College of Clinical Engineering (ACCE)

Welcome to the World Wide Web home of the American College of Clinical Engineering (ACCE). Founded in 1991, ACCE is committed to enhancing the profession of clinical engineering. With members in the United States and abroad, the ACCE is the only internationally recognized professional society for clinical engineers.

ACCE Membership Survey 2010 Please take a few minutes to complete this survey. Your views, combined with those of others, will be of great value to ACCE leadership in improving the College.

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See highlights from 2006 Members survey (.pdf, 586Kb)

Relief Efforts for Haiti - How You Can Help ACCE has put together the following list of resources that support Haiti Relief Efforts:

Advocacy Awards 2009-Click to view The Winners!

First AMA-IEEE Medical Technology Conference on Individualized Healthcare, sponsored by ACCE

INVITATION TO DEMONSTRATIONS OF INTEROPERABLE MEDICAL DEVICE DATA COMMUNICATION AT HIMSS10

Electronic communication of data directly from medical device systems can significantly improve patient care and safety. With standards-based interoperable communication, institutions can select the "best of breed" for specific applications, mixing vendors and models, with assurance of compatibility. Read more

IHE Patient Care Devices User Handbook

If you are a healthcare Administrator who makes purchasing decisions, a Clinical Engineer, an IT Systems Analyst, or a Medical Technology Evaluator you need to read this handbook! This handbook describes how you can use IHE PCD profiles to improve how the integration capabilities of your systems are selected, specified, purchased and deployed. Read more

You're Invited! All International HTM Colleagues & ACCE Members (Global & North American) are invited to the ACCE International Reunion to celebrate 20 Years of Advanced Clinical Engineering Workshops-ACEWs (1991-2010)! Read more

Do You Know a Clinical Engineer Who Demonstrates Leadership Excellence?
Excellence in Clinical Engineering Leadership Award (ExCEL)
Now is the time to nominate that person, or yourself! ACCE Healthcare Technology Foundation is accepting nominations for the Excellence in Clinical Engineering Leadership Program until the end of the year. Read more

Don't get left in the past. At HIMSS10, there are partners to meet…products to be discovered…knowledge to be gained and answers to be found.
http://www.himssconference.org/

2009-10 ACCE Teleconference Series
February 18, 2010 - The Joint Commission Update
George Mills, MBA, FASHE, CEM, CHFM, Senior Engineer, Standard Interpretation Group, Joint Commission

Clinical Engineering & CCE Review Course 2010
June 24-25, 2010 | Tampa, FL | Registration Deadline: February 28, 2010 The Clinical Engineering & CCE Review Course will provide an overview of the 2010 CCE examination topics which is based on the Clinical Engineering Body of Knowledge (BOK) survey conducted recently. This course is designed and presented by a group of experienced certified clinical engineers. Read more

Clinical Engineering Certification Program

The written examination for HTCC Certification in Clinical Engineering will be held on Saturday, November 6, 2010 in 27 cities across the United States. The deadline for applications is August 14, 2010 for applicants testing within the United States & Canada and July 17, 2010 for applicants testing outside the United States & Canada. For more information please visit the AHTF Website's Clinical Engineering Certification Program page.

Professional Practices Guidelines

The Professional Practices Committee has started producing Professional Practices Guidelines. The Guidelines are available on the ACCE website. Current guidelines include:

Code of Ethics for Clinical Engineers
Incident Investigations
Medical Equipment Management Program (MEMP)
Modifying Devices and Systems

To read more on Professional Practices Guideline, please click here

ACCE's Clinical Engineering Certification Study Guide

ACCE CE Certification Study Guide The American College of Clinical Engineering is offering a Study Guide for the Clinical Engineering Certification Examination. The Study Guide is available online through ACCE for $30.

or Send check payable to ACCE to:
Al Levenson
ACCE Secretariat
5200 Butler Pike
Plymouth Meeting, PA 19462

The ACCE study guide was written by an independent group of clinical engineers not associated with the HTCC or the exam process.

What's New

CE-IT Project Update October 2009
CE-IT Synergy Award Nominations Open
Clinical Engineering & CCE Review Course 2010 registration deadline: February 28, 2010
Student Papers from the 2009 ACCE Awards competition
JOB OPPORTUNITIES in the Clinical Engineering field

ADVERTISE WITH ACCE!

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ACCE Newsletter

Jan / Feb 2010
Volume 20, Issue 1
Inside this issue:

•		Perspectives from ECRI Institute: Steris System1 and FDA
•		ACCE @ HIMSS 2010
•		Chinese Hospital CEO Meeting Focuses on Quality Management
•		CE Community Responds to Haiti Disaster
•		Daughter of ACCE Member Home Safe from Haiti
		and more...
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