Title :
Computers are the Answer, But What Was the Question?
Abstract :
Are healthcare consultants ready to exploit the benefits from the networking of medical devices? The issues encountered on three different clinical engineering projects are presented and the reasons for their success or failure are discussed. Recommendations are made on how to improve the likelihood that the networking of medical devices will bring improvements in patient care.
Keywords :
biomedical equipment; health care; patient care; telemedicine; clinical engineering; healthcare consultants; medical device networking; patient care;
Conference_Titel :
Medical Electrical Devices and Technology, 2007. MEDTECH 2007. 2007 3rd Institution of Engineering and technology International Conference on
Conference_Location :
London
Print_ISBN :
978-0-86341-845-7