J Global Clinical Engineering Special Issue 1, 2018  

Editor’s  Corner
O ver the past three-plus decades, my work as 

a clinical engineer has brought me to close 
to 50 countries where I have had the good 

fortune to meet and collaborate with many dedicated 
practitioners in our field. The professionals I have had 
an opportunity to work with are passionate about our 
shared endeavor--sometimes in the face of adversity, 
minimal institutional support, or an outright lack of 
resources. But the universal concern of the clinical 
engineer remains laser-like focus on making sure that 
patients are cared for with safe, appropriate and effec-
tive technology. Over the years, many have told me that 
while their passion and efforts have never diminished, 
the recognition of their contributions has yet to be ex-
pressed. Some have argued that this is at least partially 
the result of insufficiently publicity about the good work 
performed by clinical engineers, that we do not publish 
enough, and that we do not participate in the exchange of 
evidence-based publications that promote awareness of 
our many achievements in the field. Therefore, the argu-
ment continues, our profession’s critical contributions to 
the improvement of world population health, wellness, 
and rehabilitation for the most part goes unrecognized.

At the same time, the healthcare system has never 
been more dependent on technology than today. That 
may seem axiomatic. But the integration of technology 
into patient care has become routinized, accepted 
by, and more visible to patients than even before. In 
a study published in 2016 the estimated volume of 
medical devices sale for 2015 was 371$ US billion and 
projected to reach 530$ billion US in 2022.  So, it seems 
only appropriate that the management of healthcare 
technology will increasingly be led by the professionals 
who create, curate, and manage this critical tool. However, 
academic opportunities to enter the field as well as to 
sustain life-long professional development seem to fall 
short compared with other professions in healthcare. If 
clinical engineering is to have a future, it must capture 
and retain the imaginations of educating the talent pool. 

The projected need of educated manpower capacity is 
growing while level of competent clinical engineers’ 
stays leveled around the world.

For these reasons, I am very enthusiastic about the 
creation of this new on-line, open-access free journal. 
The Global Clinical Engineering Journal (GlobalCE) is 
intended to focus on the intersection of technology and 
patient care and to promote the exchange of scientific 
knowledge to better patients’ care outcomes and pro-
mote safe, appropriate and effective instrumentation as 
well as optimally trained users. GlobalCE will promote 
and publicize innovative work while encouraging new 
practitioners to research and publish. Our objective 
for this publication is to create a public forum to share 
observations and insights about technological tools im-
proving healthcare delivery outcomes. Our hope is that 
this interaction will create a forum for our community 
of professionals. GlobalCE is your publication and will 
reflect your efforts.

We issue a Call for Papers and encourage you to 
consider publishing your work with us and ask you to 
share this Call for Papers with colleagues even if they 
have never previously published.

We are proud of the Editorial Board we have assembled 
for our publication. The team represents the best and 
brightest in our profession across multiple disciplines. 
Their acceptance of the editorials duties is evidence of 
their commitment to the journal mission. We are looking 
to add quality reviewers. Please visit our website and 
register as reviewer if you have expertise in subject of 
the field that is identified in the Call for Papers. 

Our aspiration for this unique journal is to rapidly 
connect the far corners of the globe and bring clinical 
engineers from every laboratory, university, and indus-
try closer together than ever before. Please join me in 
celebrating this long-awaited new beginning. 

Together we can make it better!
Dr. Yadin David

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