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. MoralesTimothy 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

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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 (US)
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
State	Published - Dec 2015

Keywords

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

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Biotechnology
Surgery
Biomedical Engineering
Health Informatics

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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

Chyu, MC, Austin, T, Calisir, F, Chanjaplammootil, S, Davis, MJ, Favela, J, Gan, H, Gefen, A, Haddas, R, Hahn-Goldberg, S, Hornero, R, Huang, YL, Jensen, O, Jiang, Z, Katsanis, JS, Lee, JA, Lewis, G, Lovell, NH, Luebbers, HT, Morales, GG, Matis, T, Matthews, JT, Mazur, L, Ng, EYK, Oommen, KJ, Ormand, K, Rohde, T, Morillo, DS, Sanz-Calcedo, JG, Sawan, M, Shen, CL, Shieh, JS, Su, CT, Sun, L, Sun, M, Sun, Y, Tewolde, SN, Williams, EA, Yan, C, Zhang, J & Zhang, YT 2015, 'Healthcare engineering defined: A white paper', Journal of Healthcare Engineering, vol. 6, no. 4, pp. 635-648. https://doi.org/10.1260/2040-2295.6.4.635

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