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Role of BME in hospital management
Objectives
•Roles biomedical engineers play in the health care delivery system
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•Biomedical engineers as a department in Hospitals Organogram
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•Major role that advances in medical technology have played in the establishment of the modern health care system
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Health system
Definition: sum of all the organizations, institutions and resources whose primary purpose is to improve health
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How did Engineers get involved in Medicine?
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Example: accidental cardiac arrhythmia during catherization blood vessels near the heart as result of voltage
differences from outside sources and normal cardiac electricity
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Roles of engineers by the mid-1970s
• Developing cost-effective approaches for using medical technology
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• Became involved in the training of health care personnel regarding the safe and efficient use of medical
equipment
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• Health care professionals—physicians and nurses—needed assistance in utilizing existing technology
and incorporating new innovations
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Practical Examples for BME interplay with medicine
➢ Developing of biosensors to be used in prosthetic devices to develop a means of detecting and using the
bioelectrical signal to power the device
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➢ Solving problems within the health care system
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Technological entrepreneurs examine
some portion of the biological or
medical front and identify areas in
which advanced technology might be
advantageous in the form of
hardware or software
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They apply engineering concepts and
techniques to the investigation and
exploration of biological processes
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The activities of the engineerscientist inevitably involve
instrument development because
the exploitation of sophisticated
measurement techniques is often
necessary to perform the biological
side of the experimental work
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BME departments comprise a financial burden to governmental hospitals rather than profit generating
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The deficient performance by BME dept
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BME staff / depts
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Core Responsibilities of BME staff/ Dept
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o Evaluating the equipment &machinery on the basis of its initial cost as well as its operating cost, since
many times, the high maintenance & operating cost of the equipment turns out to be much higher than
the initial cost
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o Keeping up to date with new developments in the field, nationally and internationally
o Writing reports and attending conferences and exhibitions to present your work and latest designs to a
range of technical and non-technical audiences
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➢ Arranging for training programs for personnel in clinical engineering department as well as the end users
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➢ Maintaining equipment inventory for all existing & incoming equipment’s
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o The biomedical equipment Engineer will be responsible for the hospital’s biomedical equipment
inventory by:
Recommending which devices should be acquired and discontinued based on:
-Experience with existing biomedical equipment
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- The needs of each hospital wing/ department to function properly
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➢ Active involvement in the activities of the hospital’s safety committee & checking safety hazards
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The BME should coordinate with the equipment purchasing/donations
department and the hospital wing receiving the equipment to schedule installations
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The BME should maintain a history of calibrated equipment and a
schedule for future calibrations
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The BME should maintain a history of equipment maintenance
and schedule for maintenance procedures
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- The BME should coordinate trainings on how operate specific devices where there is consistent
improper use
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Safety of biomedical equipment
o Investigating biomedical incidents involved in the death/life threatening to the patient
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Customer Services
o The biomedical Equipment Technician (BMET) will be responsible for the interacting with hospital staff
in addition to biomedical equipment
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Respond to maintenance requests first by importance level and second by the order the request was
received
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Quality Assurance for all Processes & Procedures
o Documented Updated inventory of all the equipment
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o Availability of documented manual for Quality Assurance for Engineering services; A Procedure for
detecting/reporting defects and their repair /maintenance with minimum down time
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Fulfil Expectations of patients and staff
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3- To introduce change in work methodologies that maximize hospital efficiency
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5- To lead hospitals to national and international accreditation
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