Future Forum On Technology Management

1. Future Forum On Technology Management Held April 28-29, 2011 Future Forum on Technology Management

2. Introductions Session Moderator TBA Other Key Participants Any Other Future Forum Survivors that are Here Today? All of You AND THEN Everyone You Can Reach Objective Share Significant Processes and Outcomes of the Future Forum Session Look at the Profession’s Overall Desired Image and Attributes Must have a Commonly Accepted Name for Identity Recognition Seek Individual Input Potential Barriers to Widespread Acceptance Personal Ownership Ideas Future Forum on Technology Management

3. Perspectives Represented Technicians & Engineers Educators Healthcare Executives Equipment Manufacturers Guidance & Standards Clinicians Managers & Directors Industry Consultants Future Forum on Technology Management

4. Why a focused approach? Why not just give it time to see what the profession becomes, and allow a commonly accepted name to emerge on its own? We’ve been doing that for decades Historically, we only choose to see the view from within our profession, and we each look at it with varying levels of detail Think about what our profession looks like from the outside? Is This Necessary? Future Forum on Technology Management

5. Our Past – Scrambled Confusion Future Forum on Technology Management

6. What Outcome or Accomplishment is Necessary to Feel Success at the End of the Two Days? Activity #1 Future Forum on Technology Management

7. Activity #2 Lessons learned from the past- preserve the commitment, passion, technical competence Balancing act between Finances and Quality (Patient Outcomes) Future Forum on Technology Management

8. #3 – Describe Your Expectations of the Future Future Forum on Technology Management

9. Key Trends Looking Forward Summarized into 5 general trends for the envisioned future Integration – Customers Need a One-Stop Solution Skill Sets / Education Must Evolve Interconnectivity is Crucial Level of Complexity Increasing Exponentially Cost Pressures Will Continue Changing Workforce Age Attitude Adaptability or Avoidance Future Forum on Technology Management

10. Brief Recap of the 1st Day Of course we had to start out again with a debate of whether or not we needed to get to the point of recommending a name Our facilitators had anticipated that Persistent with getting us to let go of the past once again and allow ourselves to be led through a series of activities to get us focused on the future we described the first day Day 2 Begins Future Forum on Technology Management

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13. Name Must Be Accurate Speak the Language of Business, Medicine, Engineering, the Public, and the Future Be Easily Understood, Universal Without the Need for Translation or Explanation Factors for Analysis Future Forum on Technology Management

14. A Professional Name to Fit the Attributes Healthcare Technology Clinical Engineering Healthcare Engineering Health Technology Clinical Technology Arriving at a Name Future Forum on Technology Management

15. Each of those 5 was analyzed Attributes Level of Baggage Ease of Understanding Elevator Discussions Not Already In Use by Another Profession Throw It Against the Wall Future Forum on Technology Management

16. What Stuck? Future Forum on Technology Management

17. A Single Name for the Profession The Umbrella Under which all individual titles, roles, skill sets, and scopes of service may be included We expect to manage technology, throughout its lifecycle, whatever the technology of the future looks like and wherever it is utilized in a manner that is related to healthcare What It Means Future Forum on Technology Management

18. Establish individual titles or scope of services Define minimum standard educational requirements Specify what equipment or systems any individual department will be responsible for in the future Broad and inclusive, not elitist or excusive Define positions or appropriate pay ranges What It Does Not Do (yet) Future Forum on Technology Management

19. What It Will Lead To What Impact Could We Have on Healthcare if We are Successful With Our Unified Vision? These are the reasons we need to continue to define our profession in a way that directs the focus Future Forum on Technology Management

20. What other impacts on healthcare can you foresee if we become a unified and recognized profession? What needs to happen to move forward, and what potential barriers need to be considered? Marketing and communication efforts that can address them proactively? What’s Next? Future Forum on Technology Management

21. The Name Recommendation was open for comment through August 2nd via the AAMI website A subset of the original group reviewed and discussed the feedback About equal split between positive and negative reception by the field 17 other individual names were suggested, further proof that we need to adopt a single name for the profession None of the feedback was a surprise, all of the comments had already been discussed in some form by the original group The general consensus is that the variety of perspectives in our group, and the process we went through, resulted in a solid recommendation for a name From the Individual Input Future Forum on Technology Management

22. Looking Down the Path Much work remains in front of us Explanations must morph into marketing and promotion efforts Look for a press release coming soon, including suggestions for actions to help move forward Acceptance and use of the name by a few will lead to wider acceptance and recognition within our field Marketing efforts are being developed Future presentations are scheduled Resources are committed toward the next steps AAMI, META, FMESA, ACCE, State/Regional Organizations Professional Publications, Vendors Future Forum on Technology Management

23. Thank You for Embracing A Unified and Recognized Profession!Questions, Thoughts? Future Forum on Technology Management