Title :
Survey of Clinical Engineering in Developing Countries and Model for Technology Acquisition and Diffusion
Author :
Frize, Monique ; Cao, Xinyuan ; Roy, Isabelle
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Syst. & Comput. Eng., Carleton Univ., Ottawa, Ont.
Abstract :
An international survey was conducted in 2003 to assess the status of clinical engineering services delivered to hospitals in developing countries. Data was collected from Asia, Africa, Latin America and Mexico. The responses were compared to two previous studies done in industrialized countries. A model of medical technology acquisition and diffusion is presented
Keywords :
biomedical engineering; clinical engineering services; developing countries; hospitals; medical technology acquisition; medical technology diffusion; Asia; Biomedical engineering; Clinical diagnosis; Educational institutions; Engineering in medicine and biology; Information technology; Management training; Personnel; Systems engineering and theory; Technology management; Asia; Clinical Engineering; Latin America; acquisition; developing countries; diffusion; medical technology; survey;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2005. IEEE-EMBS 2005. 27th Annual International Conference of the
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8741-4
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2005.1616369
