The 2025 HTMA-OH Conference & Expo is set for February 6-7 at Renaissance Columbus Westerville Hotel (409 Altair Parkway Westerville, OH 43082). The conference features a leadership seminar, a Top Golf networking event, top-notch educational sessions, lunch buffet, keynote address and an exhibit hall filled with companies who can help HTM professionals do their job better.
Find more information and register today at htma-oh.org/expo/
The Ohio Clinical Engineering Association started in 1974 as a group of hospital medical equipment engineers who were a part of a joint Safety Committee group of the Greater Cleveland Hospital Association. These engineers had a disagreement with the City of Cleveland over electrical testing laboratory requirements for medical equipment that was in use in the city. After this disagreement was resolved, these engineers continued to meet on a regular basis and the organization Clinical Engineering Technology Association (CETA) was formed.
In 1980, the words “North Coast” were added to the name to designate the geographic area of Northern Ohio near Lake Erie and NCCETA was created.
In the 1990s other organizations came into existence in Ohio. There was the Toledo Biomed Association, the Central Ohio Medical Equipment Technicians Association, and the Dayton Biomed Association. The Ohio Clinical Engineering Association is a combination of all of these Ohio associations and we are still in the process of collecting information about these older groups. HTMA-OH is seeking help with this collecting process so if you have further details about these early organizations please email info@htma-oh.org.
In 2002, after being dormant for a few years, NCCETA was brought back into existence. In 2003, the decision was made by the 2003 Operations Committee to make the organization statewide and the new name Ohio Clinical Engineering Association (OCEA) as the acronym was selected for the new and larger organization.
Today, HTMA-OH carries on the missions of its predecessors.
