Clinical Engineering

Dr Roberto Miniati received his M.Sc. in Biomedical Engineering in 2007 at the School of Engineering, University of Florence (Italy), and Ph.D. in 2012 within the international program on Risk Mitigation at the University of Florence (Italy) and TU Braunschweig (Germany). He has published over 100 scientific papers in refereed journals, international conference proceedings and book chapters. His main research fields include Healthcare Engineering, Health Technology Assessment (HTA) and Risk Management, Usability Engineering, Hospital Lean Manufacturing and Disaster Risk Reduction with focus in Health Emergency Planning and Vulnerability Assessment Methods. Ernesto Iadanza, BME, CE, M. Sc., Ph.D., Adjunct Professor in Clinical Engineering and Research Fellow at the Department of Information Engineering, University of Florence. He is currently a member of the IFMBE Administrative Council, chairman of the International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering/Health Technology Assessment Division Board (IFMBE/HTAD), Immediate Past Chairman of the Clinical Engineering Division Board (IFMBE/CED. He is also IEEE (and IEEE-EMBS) Senior Member and received the IBM Faculty Award in 2013 and the IFMBE/CED Teamwork Award in 2019.Associate Editor of “Health & Technology” and of “Future Internet”, Section editor of the International Journal of Clinical Engineering and Healthcare Technology Assessment (CEHTA), Member of the Editorial Board of China Medical Devices Journal and of the Journal of Healthcare Engineering. Guest editor for the journal Health and Technology (Special issue: “Global issues in Clinical Engineering”). Co-chair, member of the scientific committee, track chair and session chairman of many national and international scientific conferences in Biomedical Engineering, Clinical Engineering and HTA.Dr. Iadanza is the organiser of postgraduate master courses in Clinical Engineering, Healthcare Engineering and HTA at the University of Florence since 2007.Supervisor in 190+ graduation theses. Author of 145+ publications on international books, scientific journals, volumes and conference proceedings. Professor Fabrizio Dori received his M.Sc.in Electronics Engineering (biomedical curriculum) at the University of Florence (Italy) in 2001. His main professional activity is in the field of Clinical Engineering and Occupational Safety, as Health Technology Assessment Referring Coordinator, Regional Health Technology Department Tuscany (Italy), and as head of Protection and Prevention of Occupational Risks Office at "Le Scotte" Hospital, Siena (Italy).His main research fields include Safety in Health Care, Clinical Engineering and Health Technology Assessment, safety management and technology application in healthcare structures.

• The evolution of clinical engineering: history and the role of technology in health careClinical engineering in growing markets: the china case studyClinical engineering in developing countriesClinical engineering for consolidated markets: Case study of EuropeHospital technology management Management of clinical complex systemsDecision support systems in healthcareHealth technology assessmentQuality and risk management for hospital systemsManagement of new technologies: sw and integrated systemsHuman factor engineering for medical devicesClinical engineering for disaster preparednessCertification of clinical engineersCareers and Education of clinical engineers

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