title: Clinical engineering from the administrator's perspective.
abstract: Based on the results of a survey, investigators infer that hospital administrators have a "diverse, and, at times, inaccurate understanding of clinical engineering.". For instance, most hospitals would integrate their perceived clinical engineering function into their general maintenance operation. Among other things, results indicate that administrators have not fully accepted the need to have a professional person to provide these services.
mesh_terms: D001290:Attitude; D001698:Biomedical Engineering; D006740:Hospital Administrators; D006801:Humans; D008284:Maintenance and Engineering, Hospital; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States; D000078329:Workforce