Clinical engineering in the southeast.
A fully developed in-house clinical engineering program has much to offer to a large community hospital. In the southeast U.S., many community hospitals-600 beds or fewer-have implemented partial programs and, as a result, have received only a partial return on their investment. A comprehensive program extends maintenance support to all patient-care devices, is intimately involved in the new device specification, evaluation, and selection process with the medical staff-standardizing whenever appropriate- and significantly involved in the continuing education program for in-house users of devices.
D001698:Biomedical Engineering / Q000592:standards*; D004869:Equipment Safety; D004865:Equipment and Supplies, Hospital / Q000592:standards*; D005431:Florida; D006746:Hospital Bed Capacity, 500 and over; D008284:Maintenance and Engineering, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*