title: The three critical issues I've learned in 23 years in clinical engineering.
abstract: Department directors are often caught between cost and service. Help them, not by increasing expenditures, but by building into the institution fabric definitions they can use. Make risk assessment something everyone can see and understand. Make compliance calculation show the whole picture including the integrity of your inventory. And place administrative oversight into the hands of those who best relate to it.
authors.affiliation: apakaln@commonsensedirections.org
authors.forename: Alan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pakaln
mesh_terms: D001698:Biomedical Engineering; D004868:Equipment Failure; D004864:Equipment and Supplies; D019983:Guideline Adherence; D006268:Health Facilities; D008283:Maintenance; D009519:New York City; D018570:Risk Assessment