Title :
Are university enterprises an alternative for clinical engineering services in Venezuela?
Author :
Lara-Estrella, L.O. ; Passariello, G. ; Mora, F.
Author_Institution :
Grupo de Bioingenieria y Biofisica Aplicada, Univ. Simon Bolivar, Caracas, Venezuela
Abstract :
There are no clinical engineering centers in Venezuelan hospitals to date. This has led to a lack of maintenance programs and inadequate technology transfer within the health care system. As an answer to this problem, Simon Bolivar University, through its research and development foundation (FUNINDES) and jointly with a private company, created a service enterprise that can provide clinical engineering support to local hospitals and clinics. The considerations that led to this approach are described.<>
Keywords :
biomedical engineering; service industries; FUNINDES; Simon Bolivar University; Venezuela; Venezuelan hospitals; clinical engineering services; clinics; health care system; local hospitals; maintenance programs; private company; research and development foundation; service enterprise; technology transfer; university enterprises;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1988. Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
New Orleans, LA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-0785-2
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.1988.95227
