Development of an in-house clinical engineering shared service.
Within the Greenville, South Carolina, Hospital System, an in-house Clinical Engineering Department is being developed as a shared service. This paper discusses the background for this program in a multihospital system. Several aspects of the program, including staffing, equipment needs, scheduling, participation in system activities, and some future possibilities for department expansion are also presented.
D001698:Biomedical Engineering; D004865:Equipment and Supplies, Hospital; D006755:Hospital Shared Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008284:Maintenance and Engineering, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013022:South Carolina