American College of Clinical Engineering

What American College of Clinical Engineering does

The American College of Clinical Engineering (ACCE) is a 501(c)(6) non-profit professional membership organization founded in 1990 and headquartered in Henderson, Nevada. Its mission is to establish a standard of competence and promote excellence in clinical engineering practice, to promote the safe and effective application of science and technology in patient care, and to define the Body of Knowledge on which the profession is based. The organization serves individual clinical engineers, healthcare technology management (HTM) departments, students and emerging professionals, and corporate and institutional members across the US, Canada, Brazil, and India. Named institutional members include Mayo Clinic, Kaiser Permanente, Mass General Brigham, Cedars Sinai, Banner Health, Intermountain Healthcare, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health, and the University of Michigan Health System.

ACCE's core offerings center on credentials, education, and community rather than software products. The flagship asset is the Certification in Clinical Engineering (CCE) Program, administered under the Healthcare Technology Certification Commission (HTCC) and the US/Canadian Board of Examiners for Certification in Clinical Engineering — the principal recognized credential for clinical engineers in the US and Canada. The continuing-education portfolio includes the annual Educational Webinar Series (10 monthly sessions), the CCE Exam Review Webinar Series (10 weekly instructor-led sessions), a bi-monthly newsletter (ACCE News, Volume 36 in 2026), a Job Opportunities Board (with anchor partner the Veterans Health Administration's 1,400+ medical facilities), Global CE Day celebrations, and an awards program including a Hall of Fame and annual Advocacy Award. The organization publishes reference materials and the Clinical Engineering Body of Knowledge.

Revenue is generated through four streams: individual and institutional membership dues, CCE certification renewal and exam application fees ($200 renewal, $100 late fee), educational programming and study guides sold through the ACCE Mall, and advertising/sponsorship — both newsletter/website ads targeted at clinical engineering decision makers and corporate sponsorship of the educational webinar series (sponsors include Intelas, ISS Solutions, MediMizer, TRIMEDX, Zopec Medical, ECRI, and SODEXO). Distribution is overwhelmingly self-serve via the ACCE website and member login, with annual event-based activation at AAMI conferences, the CE Symposium, the Awards Reception, and Global CE Day. As a 501(c)(6) non-profit, ACCE is member-governed through a Board of Directors, currently led by President Katherine Navarro, and reports no parent company, funding rounds, or external investors.

Name

American College of Clinical Engineering

Legal name

American College of Clinical Engineering

Website

https://accenet.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1990

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

The American College of Clinical Engineering (ACCE) is a 501(c)(6) non-profit membership organization founded in 1990 that supports clinical engineers worldwide through CCE certification, educational webinars, publications, advocacy, and networking.

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akta.pro rank

Product category

Professional Association Services

NAICS

Professional and Management Development Training (611430), Professional Organizations (81392)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Engineering & Technical Professions (PE, Engineering CPD) (EDAAALAF)

Keywords

• Clinical engineering certification
• Healthcare technology management
• Professional membership association
• CCE certification program
• Clinical engineering education

Headquarters

HQ city

Henderson

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Dues: Annual membership fees from individual, fellow, associate, candidate, emeritus, retired, student, corporate and institutional members.
2. Certification Fees: CCE certification renewals at $200 with $100 late renewal fee; ACE/CCE exam review webinar series registration at $200 for members and $300 for non-members.
3. Educational Programs: Revenue from webinar series, CCE study guides, and educational offerings sold through the ACCE Mall.
4. Advertising and Sponsorships: Advertising in ACCE News and on the web site targeting clinical engineering decision makers; corporate/institutional sponsors for webinar series.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

ACCE is a 501(c)(6) non-profit professional membership organization that advances the clinical engineering profession through certification, education, advocacy, and community-building. Its core offerings include the Certified Clinical Engineer (CCE) certification program administered through the Healthcare Technology Certification Commission (HTCC), an annual Educational Webinar Series with 10 monthly sessions, a 10-week CCE Exam Review Webinar Series, professional memberships across multiple categories, and the ACCE News newsletter.

Product overview

ACCE is a professional membership organization offering a unified portfolio of services centered on advancing the clinical engineering profession. The core offerings include the Certification in Clinical Engineering (CCE) Program for professional credentials, the ACCE Educational Webinar Series for ongoing professional development, and the CCE Exam Review Webinar Series for certification preparation. Supporting services include the ACCE News Newsletter, Job Opportunities Board, Membership Services, Reference Materials and Publications, Global CE Day Celebrations, and Awards and Recognition Programs. The organization does not offer a traditional software product but rather delivers educational, certification, and networking services to clinical engineering professionals.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Certification in Clinical Engineering (CCE) Program

Named customers10 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

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Partnerships

14 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• AAMIcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerACCE participates in AAMI conferences and collaborates on educational content; Joint Commission updates and regulatory compliance topics are covered in shared webinar series.
• IFMBE (International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational collaboration for clinical engineering standards and professional development; IFMBE-CED updates shared with ACCE members.
• Healthcare Technology Certification Commission (HTCC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerACCE supports the Certification in Clinical Engineering Program under the administration of HTCC and the United States and Canadian Board of Examiners for Certification in Clinical Engineering.
• IntelasminorGTM or Marketing PartnerSponsor of the 2025-2026 ACCE Educational Webinar Series.
• ISS SolutionsminorGTM or Marketing PartnerSponsor of the 2025-2026 ACCE Educational Webinar Series.
• MediMizerminorGTM or Marketing PartnerSponsor of the 2025-2026 ACCE Educational Webinar Series; hospital management software provider.
• TRIMEDXminorGTM or Marketing PartnerSponsor of the 2025-2026 ACCE Educational Webinar Series.
• Zopec MedicalminorGTM or Marketing PartnerSponsor of the 2025-2026 ACCE Educational Webinar Series.
• ECRIminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCorporate member; collaborated on webinars including recall management best practices.
• SODEXOminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCorporate member and sponsor of Joint Commission update webinars.
• IHE Patient Care Devices (PCD)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerACCE partnered with HIMSS, RSNA and IHE International in 2005 to create IHE PCD for standards-based medical device integration specifications.
• HIMSScoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on CE-IT Symposium at HIMSS and medical device integration standards; co-sponsored webinars.
• CAME (Canadian Medical and Biological Engineering Society)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint webinar on Preparing For a Pandemic: Lessons Learned From COVID-19.
• The Joint CommissioncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerACCE provides regular updates on Joint Commission standards through educational webinars featuring TJC speakers.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS): HIMSS is the dominant US healthcare-IT membership organization with a much larger footprint than ACCE, covering clinical informatics, health IT, and connected care. ACCE partners with HIMSS on the CE-IT Symposium and co-founded IHE Patient Care Devices, making it a broader incumbent that overlaps on clinical-IT/medical-device integration topics.
• Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES): BMES is the leading US academic and professional society for biomedical engineering, with a broader research-and-academia focus than ACCE's applied clinical-engineering practice. It is a comparable professional association serving biomedical engineers with conferences, publications, and student chapters that overlap on early-career pipeline.
• IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS): IEEE EMBS is the world's largest biomedical engineering society, with a research-and-publication orientation rather than practitioner certification. It overlaps with ACCE on continuing education, conferences, and standards work for medical devices and biomedical signals, and serves many of the same international members.
• International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering (IFMBE): IFMBE is the international federation under which national clinical-engineering bodies (including ACCE via IFMBE-CED) operate, coordinating global clinical-engineering standards and the World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering. It is a structural peer and partner that ACCE interfaces with regularly.
• American Society for Healthcare Engineering (ASHE): ASHE is the AHA-affiliated membership organization for healthcare facility engineers, covering the physical-plant side of hospital engineering (HVAC, utilities, compliance). It serves an adjacent healthcare-engineering audience and competes for institutional member mind-share and continuing-education dollars at hospitals.
• American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE): ACHE is the leading US professional society for healthcare executives, offering the FACHE credential, continuing education, and an institutional member base. While it focuses on leadership rather than clinical engineering, ACHE competes for institutional member mind-share at the same hospital customers and offers a comparable professional-certification model.

Emerging players

• ECRI (Emergency Care Research Institute): ECRI is an independent nonprofit health-services-research organization that evaluates medical devices, publishes safety alerts, and runs recall-management content—an explicit ACCE collaboration topic. ECRI is a corporate member of ACCE and a webinar partner, so it operates as an adjacent content/research provider that competes for HTM training budgets.

Direct peers

• Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI): AAMI is the leading US association for medical instrumentation and healthcare technology, running its own conferences, standards committees, and certifications (e.g., CBET, CRES) that overlap directly with ACCE's clinical-engineering mission. ACCE participates in AAMI's annual conference and co-hosts the ACCE Awards Reception at AAMI, making it the closest natural peer.

Regional players

• Canadian Medical and Biological Engineering Society (CMBES): CMBES is the Canadian national counterpart to ACCE for medical and biological engineering professionals, focused on the Canadian market. ACCE has a documented webinar partnership with CMBES (pandemic-response panel), indicating close collaboration rather than direct head-to-head competition across the US-Canada clinical-engineering profession.

Others

• Medical Device Manufacturers Association (MDMA): MDMA represents medical-device innovators and OEMs rather than clinical engineers, but it is an ecosystem peer that ACCE's institutional and corporate members interact with on standards and HTM issues. It illustrates the broader healthcare-technology ecosystem in which ACCE operates.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/ACCE_CE
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCE8vXYTDRcjhhafQTOex9wQ?view_as=subscriber
• Facebookfacebook.com/pages/American-College-of-Clinical-Engineering-ACCE-/105190406237729
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/acce-american-college-of-clinical-engineering

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