Clinical engineering helps reduce equipment costs.
Clinical engineering involves, among other activities, managing equipment repair and maintenance activities, assessing technology needs and potential equipment acquisitions, training users, negotiating service contracts, and optimizing patient-care equipment utilization. Effective clinical engineering programs can help healthcare organizations reduce the high cost of acquiring and maintaining patient care equipment.
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