Candidates must demonstrate:

• An extensive record of leadership and accomplishment in the healthcare technology management field.
• Significant contributions to an important issue or issues facing the profession.
• Leadership in promoting the positive attributes of the profession—for example, improving patient outcomes, reducing costs, and improving the use and impact of technology.
• Leadership and a professional commitment to the field by writing articles for industry publications, participating in committees, speaking at industry events, or contributing in other ways to the HTM community. 
  

Candidates should demonstrate:

• Leadership in promoting the profession to the C-Suite, clinicians, prospective students, and other professionals in the healthcare field.
• Evidence of HTM leadership and excellence at the workplace through, for example, contributions to management improvements; patient care; cost savings, or improvements in the use or impact of technology.
• Leadership in national, state, or local HTM organizations.
• Involvement in a standards development process (such as AAMI, NFPA, JCR standards) or an individual’s own organization.
• Substantial contributions to AAMI.