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As the biomedical engineering field expands throughout the world, clinical engineers play an evermore-important role as translators between the medical, engineering, and bu… Read more

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As the biomedical engineering field expands throughout the world, clinical engineers play an evermore-important role as translators between the medical, engineering, and business professions. They influence procedure and policy at research facilities, universities, as well as private and government agencies including the Food and Drug Administration and the World Health Organization. The profession of clinical engineering continues to seek its place amidst the myriad of professionals that comprise the health care field.

The Clinical Engineering Handbook meets a long felt need for a comprehensive book on all aspects of clinical engineering that is a suitable reference in hospitals, classrooms, workshops, and governmental and non-governmental organization. The Handbook’s thirteen sections address the following areas: Clinical Engineering; Models of Clinical Engineering Practice; Technology Management; Safety Education and Training; Design, Manufacture, and Evaluation and Control of Medical Devices; Utilization and Service of Medical Devices; Information Technology; and Professionalism and Ethics. The Clinical Engineering Handbook provides the reader with prospects for the future of clinical engineering as well as guidelines and standards for best practice around the world. From telemedicine and IT issues, to sanitation and disaster planning, it brings together all the important aspects of clinical engineering.

Key features

  • Clinical Engineers are the safety and quality faciltators in all medical facilities
  • The most definitive, comprehensive, and up-to-date book available on the subject of clinical engineering
  • Over 170 contributions by leaders in the field of clinical engineering

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Table of contents

Contributors
Introduction

Section I Clinical Engineering I

1. Clinical Engineering: Evolution of a Discipline

2. History of Engineering and Technology in Health Care

3. The Health Care Environment

4. Enhancing Patient Safety: The Role of Clinical Engineering

5. A Model Clinical Engineering Department

6. Clinical Engineering in an Academic Medical Center

7. Regional Clinical Engineering Shared Services and Cooperatives

8. Nationwide Clinical Engineering System

9. Clinical Engineering and Biomedical Maintenance in the United States Military

10. Careers, Roles and Responsibilities

11. Clinical Engineering at the Bedside

12. The Clinical Engineer as Consultant

13. The Clinical Engineer as Investigator and Expert

14. Careers in Facilities
Section II Worldwide Clinical Engineering Practice

15. World Clinical Engineering Survey

16. Clinical Engineering in the United Kingdom

17. Clinical Engineering in Canada

18. Clinical Engineering in Estonia

19. Clinical Engineering in Germany

20. Clinical Engineering in Brazil

21. Clinical Engineering in Columbia

22. Clinical Engineering in Ecuador

23. Clinical Engineering in Mexico

24. Clinical Engineering in Paraguay

25. Clinical Engineering in Peru

26. Clinical Engineering in Venezuela

27. Clinical Engineering in Japan

28. Clinical Engineering in Mozambique

29. Clinical Engineering in the Middle East
Section III Health Technology Management

30. Introduction to Medical Technology Management

31. Good Management Practice for Medical Equipment

32. Health Care Strategic Planning Utilizing Technology Assessment

33. Technology Evaluation

34. Technology Procurement

35. Equipment Control and Asset Management

36. Computerized Maintenance Management Systems

37. Maintenance and Repair of Medical Devices

38. A Strategy to Maintain Essential Medical Equipment in Developing Countries

39. Outsourcing Clinical Engineering Service

40. New Strategic Directions in Acquiring and Outsourcing High-Tech Services by Hospitals and Implications for Clinical Engineering Organizations and ISOs.

41. Vendor and Service Management

42. Health Care Technology Replacement Planning

43. Donation of Medical Device Technologies

44. National Health Technology Policy

45. The Essential Health Care Technology Package

46. Impact Analysis
Section IV Management

47. Industrial/Management Engineering in Healthcare

48. Financial Management of Clinical Engineering Services

49. Cost-Effectiveness and Productivity

50. Clinical Engineering Program Indicators

51. Personnel Management

52. Skills Identification

53. Management Styles and Human Resource Development

54. Quality
Section V Safety

55. Patient Safety and the Clinical Engineer

56. Risk Management

57. Patient Safety Best Practices Model

58. Hospital Safety Programs

59. Systems Approach to Medical Device Safety

60. Interactions Between Medical Devices

61. Single Use Injection Devices

62. Electromagnetic Interference with Medical Devices: In Vitro Laboratory Studies and Electromagnetic Compatibility Standards

63. Electromagnetic Interference in the Hospital

64. Accident Investigation

65. The Great Debate on Electrical Safety – in Retrospect
Section VI Education and Training

66. Academic Programs in North America

67. Clinical Engineering Education in Germany

68. Clinical Engineering Internship

69. Biomedical Engineering Technology Program

70. Advanced Clinical Engineering Workshops

71. Advanced Health Technology Management Workshop

72. Distance Education

73. Emerging Technologies: Internet and Interactive Video Conferencing

74. In-Service Education

75. Technical Service Schools

76. Clinical Engineering and Nursing

77. Retraining Programs

78. Techno-Bio-Psycho-Socio-Medical Approach to Health Care
Section VII Medical Devices: Design, Manufacturing, Evaluation, and Control

79. Evolution of Medical Device Technology

80. Technology in Health Care

81. Medical Device Design and Control in the Hospital

82. Medical Device Research and Design

83. Human Factors: Environment

84. Medical Devices: Failure Modes, Accidents, and Liability

85. Medical Device Software Development

86. Comparative Evaluations of Medical Devices

87. Evaluating Investigational Devices for Institutional Review Boards
Section VIII Medical Devices: Utilization and Service

88. Intensive Care

89. Operating Room

90. Anaesthesiology

91. Imaging Devices

92. Machine Vision

93. Perinatology

94. Cardiovascular Techniques and Technology

95. General Hospital Devices: Beds, Stretchers, and Wheelchairs

96. Medical Device Troubleshooting
Section IX Information

97. Information Systems Management

98. Physiologic Monitoring and Clinical Information Systems

99. Advanced Diagnostics and Artificial Intelligence

100. Real-Time Executive Dashboards and Virtual Instrumentation: Solutions for Health Care Systems

101. Telemedicine: Clinical and Operational Issues

102. Picture Archiving and Communication Systems (PACS)

103. Wireless Medical Telemetry: Addressing the Interference Issue and the New Wireless Medical Telemetry Service

104. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act and its Implications for Clinical Engineering

105. YSK and Clinical Engineering

106. The Integration and Convergence of Medical and Information Technologies
Section X Engineering the Clinical Environment

107. Physical Plant

108. Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning

109. Electrical Power

110. Medical Gas Systems

111. Support Services

112. Construction and Renovation

113. Radiation Safety

114. Sanitation

115. Water Systems in Health Care Facilities

116. Disaster Planning
Section XI Medical Device Standards, Regulations, and the Law

117. Primer on Standards and Regulations

118. Medical Device Regulatory and Technology Assessment Agencies

119. Health Care Quality and IS 9001:2000

120. Hospital Facilities Safety Standards

121. JCAHO Accreditation

122. Medical Equipment Management Program and ANSI/AAMI EQ56

123. Clinical Engineering Standards of Practice for Canada

124. Regulations and the Law

125. European Union Medical Device Directives and Vigilance System

126. United States Food & Drug Administration

127. Tort Liability for Clinical Engineers and Device Manufacturers
Section XII Professionalism and Ethics

128. Professionalism

129. Clinical Engineering Advocacy

130. American College of Clinical Engineering

131. The New England Society of Clinical Engineering

132. New York City Metropolitan Area Clinical Engineering Directors Group

133. Clinical Engineering Certification in the United States

134. Clinical Engineering Certification in Germany
Section XIII The Future

135. The Future of Clinical Engineering: The Challenge of Change

136. Virtual Instrumentation – Applications to Health Care

137. Clinical Engineers in Non-Traditional Roles

138. Clinical Support: The Forgotten Function

139. Postmarket Surveillance and Vigilance on Medical Devices

140. Small Business Development: Busieness Plan Development Fundamentals for the Entrepreneur

141. Engineering Primary Health Care: The Sickle Cell Business Case

142. Global Hospital in 2050 – A Vision

Appendices
Index

Review quotes

"...this is an exceedingly comprehensive handbook. The field of clinical engineering (worldwide) is very well described here. While the level of each individual chapter varies considerably (from one page summaries to multiple page well-documented and illustrated chapters) this text overall will be very useful as a reference text for practitioners and students of clinical engineering. Many individual chapters will serve as teaching material for lectures in clinical and bioengineering courses.

The page count and purchase price of this text were obtained from the Academic Press web site, and may not be accurate as of the publication date. (This review was based upon page proofs.)

The editor and each author are to be congratulated for their contribution to the literature in this field. —Paul H. King, Vanderbilt University

The Clinical Engineering Handbook makes an excellent resource, particularly to someone newly entering or thinking about entering the field. It provides a good background to the wide array of tasks, programs, innovations and challenges to the clinical engineering profession...Overall, the handbook is well written and the breakdown into very specific chapters makes referencing easy. — ACCE News, Nov./Dec. 2004

"The Clinical Engineering Handbook makes an excellent resource, particularly to someone newly entering or thinking about entering the field. It provides a good background to the wide array of tasks, programs, innovations, and challenges to the clinical engineering profession."—Journal of Clinical Engineering, June 2005

Product details

About the editor

JD

Joseph Dyro

Affiliations and expertise
President, Biomedical Resource Group, Setauket, NY, Editor of the Journal of Clinical Engineering

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