Name: Guanxin Gao Affiliation: Vice president, Inner Mongolia People’s Hospital

1. Submitted by Name: Guanxin Gao Affiliation: Vice president, Inner Mongolia People’s Hospital National association (if exists): Chinese Society of Clinical Engineering, CSCE Location: Inner Mongolia, China E-mail address for contact: nmyyggx@163.com

2. Region Estimates in Brief Global CE / HTM Success Stories

3. Region's Health Technology Program Clinical Engineering Key Discipline Construction • Discipline construction plays an increasingly important role in the development of a hospital, thereby improving health service delivery, in terms of quality and efficiency. • The Clinical engineering department of Inner Mongolia People’s Hospital was originally established in 1982. By integration of good management practice, scientific research, education and training, sustainable development of the discipline has been promoted. Global CE / HTM Success Stories

4. Region's Health Technology Program Some Characteristic Work that We Did • Medical Device Maintenance of Life Cycle • Medical Technology Evaluation and Assessment • Introducing ISO9001 Quality Management System • Cost-Effectiveness and Cost-Benefit • Reliability of Medical Device • Medical Device Clinical Trials • Human Factors Engineering • Clinical Engineering Nomenclature • Inner Mongolia Medical University---Clinical Engineering • Beihang University---Biological Science and Medical Engineering • Tianjin University---Biomedical Engineering • Body of Knowledge (BOK) for Clinical Engineer • Continued Training Programs for Medical Staff • Good • Management • Practice • Scientific Research • Education and Training Global CE / HTM Success Stories

5. Conclusions and Action Plan • Outcome • In 2008, this discipline was selected as a medical key discipline of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, which is the only key disciplineat the provincial level in China.  • In 2010, along with five others, this discipline was selected as a key discipline of the national health system. • Serving as a Guidance and Demonstration role. • Some Specific Facts • Decreasing medical device failure rate • — Mean Down Timewas down from 4.4 days to 2.1days.  • Promotingthe rational use of Medical Supplies • — Medical supplies proportion  decreased from 18.9% to 13.6%. • Reducing the human error of medical device application • — Reported adverse events continues to fall. Global CE / HTM Success Stories

6. Conclusions and Action Plan • Action plan • Clinical engineering lab • — Medical Imaging, System Modeling and Simulation et al. • Clinical practice training platform • — e.g., Ventilators, Endoscopes. • Criteria for laboratory accreditation • — ISO17025. • The longest journey begins with the first step Global CE / HTM Success Stories