Healthcare engineering defined: A white paper

Ming Chien Chyu; Tony Austin; Fethi Calisir; Samuel Chanjaplammootil; Mark J. Davis; Jesus Favela; Heng Gan; Amit Gefen; Ram Haddas; Shoshana Hahn-Goldberg; Roberto Hornero; Yu Li Huang; Oystein Jensen; Zhongwei Jiang; J. S. Katsanis; Jeong A. Lee; Gladius Lewis; Nigel H. Lovell; Heinz Theo Luebbers; George G. Morales; Timothy Matis; Judith T. Matthews; Lukasz Mazur; Eddie Yin Kwee Ng; K. J. Oommen; Kevin Ormand; Tarald Rohde; Daniel Sanchez Morillo; Justo Garcia Sanz-Calcedo; Mohamad Sawan; Chwan Li Shen; Jiann Shing Shieh; Chao Ton Su; Lilly Sun; Mingui Sun; Yi Sun; Senay N. Tewolde; Eric A. Williams; Chongjun Yan; Jiajie Zhang; Yuan Ting Zhang

doi:10.1260/2040-2295.6.4.635

Healthcare engineering defined: A white paper

Ming Chien Chyu^*
, Tony Austin
, Fethi Calisir
, Samuel Chanjaplammootil
, Mark J. Davis
, Jesus Favela
, Heng Gan
, Amit Gefen
, Ram Haddas
, Shoshana Hahn-Goldberg
, Roberto Hornero
, Yu Li Huang
, Oystein Jensen
, Zhongwei Jiang
, J. S. Katsanis
, Jeong A. Lee
, Gladius Lewis
, Nigel H. Lovell
, Heinz Theo Luebbers
, George G. Morales

Timothy Matis, Judith T. Matthews, Lukasz Mazur, Eddie Yin Kwee Ng, K. J. Oommen, Kevin Ormand, Tarald Rohde, Daniel Sanchez Morillo, Justo Garcia Sanz-Calcedo, Mohamad Sawan, Chwan Li Shen, Jiann Shing Shieh, Chao Ton Su, Lilly Sun, Mingui Sun, Yi Sun, Senay N. Tewolde, Eric A. Williams, Chongjun Yan, Jiajie Zhang, Yuan Ting Zhang

^*Corresponding author for this work

Department of Industrial Engineering

Department of Mechanical Engineering
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Helicon Health Ltd.
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Operational and Clinical Excellence Leader
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas
Computer Science Department
Centro de Investigacion Cientifica y de Educacion Superior de Ensenada
Consultant Anaesthetist
King's Health Partners
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Tel Aviv University
Department of Research
Texas Back Institute
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Head of the Biomedical Engineering Group
University of Valladolid
Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN
University of Oslo
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Yamaguchi University
Electrical and Computer Engineering Department
National Technical University of Athens
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Chosun University
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Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering
University of New South Wales
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Brigham and Women's Hospital
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Center of Dental Medicine
University of Zurich
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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Nanyang Technological University
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Covenant Hospital
The Chartis Group
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Abstract

Engineering has been playing an important role in serving and advancing healthcare. The term "Healthcare Engineering" has been used by professional societies, universities, scientific authors, and the healthcare industry for decades. However, the definition of "Healthcare Engineering" remains ambiguous. The purpose of this position paper is to present a definition of Healthcare Engineering as an academic discipline, an area of research, a field of specialty, and a profession. Healthcare Engineering is defined in terms of what it is, who performs it, where it is performed, and how it is performed, including its purpose, scope, topics, synergy, education/training, contributions, and prospects.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	635-648
Number of pages	14
Journal	Journal of Healthcare Engineering
Volume	6
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1260/2040-2295.6.4.635
Publication status	Published - Dec 2015

Keywords

Contributions
Definition
Education
Future
Healthcare engineering
Jobs
Purpose
Scope
Synergy
Topics
Training

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Chyu, M. C., Austin, T., Calisir, F., Chanjaplammootil, S., Davis, M. J., Favela, J., Gan, H., Gefen, A., Haddas, R., Hahn-Goldberg, S., Hornero, R., Huang, Y. L., Jensen, O., Jiang, Z., Katsanis, J. S., Lee, J. A., Lewis, G., Lovell, N. H., Luebbers, H. T., ... Zhang, Y. T. (2015). Healthcare engineering defined: A white paper. Journal of Healthcare Engineering, 6(4), 635-648. https://doi.org/10.1260/2040-2295.6.4.635

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