[Electricity and electric conduction in a patient care environment].
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Electric Conductivity↗
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H J Zarra
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The need for technology assessment in voluntary cost containment.
Health care cost containment is a national concern. This concern is displayed through extensive regulations controlling hospital operations. Regulation has spread to include the purchase and usage of technology. Unfortunately, the extensive regulations are costly, with questionable effectiveness. The environmental influences on health care must be considered. In addition, better management and planning by individual institutions must be encouraged. Since the development and utilization of technology play a critical role, the Voluntary Effort to cost containment by hospitals must include provisions for the assessment of technology.
Cost Control↗
Management concepts in clinical engineering.
The social and economic environment surrounding health care delivery is forcing improved financial management. The resulting responsibilities within health care institutions create the need for Clinical Engineers to develop improved management skills. Along with more traditional evaluation of technologies, these skills must be developed in the areas of Personnel and Data Management. The primary tool is a P.M./Repair Documentation System that can provide the data necessary for adequate manpower management, especially such factors as productivity and effectiveness. In addition, concepts previously foreign to engineers, such as group and human behavior, policy and program analysis, and organizational structure, must become part of the Clinical Engineers' working knowledge.
Maintenance and Engineering, Hospital↗