Emerging Horizons of Clinical Engineering in Disaster Preparedness and Management Proposal for an expanded professional identity
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Disaster preparedness, Clinical engineering, Systems engineering, Alternate sites of care, Health technology design, Dual-use infrastructure
Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic of 2020 has exposed a wide range of systemic deficiencies in public health strategy, poor alignment of global health and economic institutions, insufficient budgeting, and the urgent need for real-time management of scientific resources, rapid-cycle clinical innovations, competent political decision-making, and supply chain logistics under disaster conditions. This article proposes that a new model of multi-disciplinary professional skills is needed globally to re-engineer existing public and private healthcare systems for both normal and disaster conditions. Clinical engineers are recommended to play a growing role in future global disaster management and systems integration activities, owing in large part to their multifunctional expertise in technology assessment, hospital operations, and as stakeholders in healthcare innovation. Twenty-six recommendations are presented as foundational strategies to create a 21st century model of globally aligned healthcare systems, centered on the growing role of clinical engineers as subject matter experts in both normal and disaster conditions
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