Clinical Engineering.

Introduction:

Clinical Engineering is a branch of Biomedical Engineering for professionals responsible for the management of medical equipment in a hospital. 

This is a diverse profession covering many areas of health care.

A typical Biomedical Engineering Department in the hospital does the corrective and preventive maintenance on the medical devices used by the hospital, except for those covered by a warranty or maintenance agreement with an external company. 

Role of a Clinical Engineer:

• A Clinical Engineer is a professional who supports and advances patient care by applying engineering and managerial skills to healthcare technology. 

• They in turn work with medical, nursing, and paramedical staff to ensure that the care delivered through the application of technology is optimized.

• In a hospital setting the Clinical Engineer often functions as the technology manager for medical equipment systems. 

• As clinical medicine has become increasingly dependent on more sophisticated technologies and the complex equipment associated with it, the clinical engineer has become the bridge between modern medicine and engineering.

Duties of a Clinical Engineer?

• Biomedical clinical engineers work with various medical professionals and scientists in order to develop new innovations in health care, such as diagnostic equipment and drug therapies.

• The responsibilities in this setting include financial or budgetary management, service contract management, data processing systems for managing the medical equipment, and coordination of service agreements and in-house operations. 

• The hospital-based clinical engineer may also have responsibility for supervision of the in-house maintenance staff, depending on his or her skill set and the structure of the department. 

• Hospital-based clinical engineers also fill other important functions in assuring that the medical equipment is safe and effective.

• Roles of clinical engineers include training and supervising biomedical equipment technicians (BMETs), working with governmental regulators on hospital inspections/audits, and serving as technological consultants for other hospital staff (e.g. physicians, administrators, and I.T).

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👉 Gaston Ravin Dias