Clinical engineering

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Clinical Engineering Evolution of a Discipline Joseph D. Bronzino.50-1... 

Who Is a Clinical Engineer Evolution of Clinical Engineering Hospital Organization... 

Clinical Engineering Program Indicators Dennis D. Autio and Robert L. Morris 53-1... 

A Standards Primer for Clinical Engineers Alvin Wald.55-1... 

Introduction Definitions Standards for Clinical Engineering A Hierarchy... 

The Veterans Administration (VA), convinced that clinical engineers were vital to the overall operation of the VA hospital system, divided the country into biomedical engineering districts, with a chief biomedical engineer overseeing all engineering activities in the hospitals in that district. 

Throughout the United States, clinical engineering departments were established in most of the large medical centers and hospitals and in some smaller clinical facilities with at least 300 beds. 

Clinical engineers were hired in increasing numbers to help these facilities use existing technology and incorporate new technology. 

With increased involvement in many facets of hospital/chnic activities, clinical engineers now play a multifaceted role (Figure 50.1). They must interface successfully with many cUents, including clinical staff, hospital administrators, regulatory agencies, etc., to ensure that the medical equipment within the hospital is used safely and effectively. 

FIGURE 50.1 Diagram illustrating the range of interactions of a clinical engineer. 

Today, hospitals that have established centralized clinical engineering departments to meet these responsibilities use chnical engineers to provide the hospital administration with an objective option of equipment function, purchase, application, overall system analysis, and preventive maintenance policies. 

Some hospital administrators have learned that with the in-house availability of such talent and expertise, the hospital is in a far better position to make more effective use of its technological resources (Bronzino, 1992). By providing health professionals with needed assurance of safety, reliability, and efficiency in using new and innovative equipment, clinical engineers can readily identify poor-quality and ineffective equipment, thereby resulting in faster, more appropriate utilization of new medical equipment. Typical pursuits of clinical engineers, therefore, include ... 

Supervision of a hospital clinical engineering department that includes clinical engineers and biomedical equipment technicians (BMETs)... 

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