Healthcare Engineering Defined: A White Paper

Ming-Chien Chyu¹, Tony Austin², Fethi Calisir³, Samuel Chanjaplammootil⁴, Mark J Davis⁵, Jesus Favela⁶, Heng Gan⁷, Amit Gefen⁸, Ram Haddas⁹, Shoshana Hahn-Goldberg¹⁰, Roberto Hornero¹¹, Yu-Li Huang¹², Øystein Jensen¹³, Zhongwei Jiang¹⁴, J S Katsanis¹⁵, Jeong-A Lee¹⁶, Gladius Lewis¹⁷, Nigel H Lovell¹⁸, Heinz-Theo Luebbers^{19

20}, George G Morales²¹, Timothy Matis²², Judith T Matthews²³, Lukasz Mazur²⁴, Eddie Yin-Kwee Ng²⁵, K J Oommen²⁶, Kevin Ormand²⁷, Tarald Rohde²⁸, Daniel Sánchez-Morillo²⁹, Justo García Sanz-Calcedo³⁰, Mohamad Sawan³¹, Chwan-Li Shen³², Jiann-Shing Shieh³³, Chao-Ton Su³⁴, Lilly Sun³⁵, Mingui Sun³⁶, Yi Sun³⁷, Senay N Tewolde³⁸, Eric A Williams³⁹, Chongjun Yan⁴⁰, Jiajie Zhang⁴¹, Yuan-Ting Zhang⁴²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Mechanical Engineering; Coordinator, Healthcare Engineering Graduate Program, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, USA.
² Helicon Health Ltd., London, UK.
³ Industrial Engineering Department; Dean, Management Faculty, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey.
⁴ Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center - Permian Basin (Odessa, Midland, Abilene and Dallas), Texas, USA.
⁵ Operational & Clinical Excellence Leader, Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital, Dallas, Texas, USA.
⁶ Computer Science Department, Center for Scientific Research and Higher Education of Ensenada, Ensenada, Mexico.
⁷ Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, King's Health Partners, London, UK.
⁸ Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tel Aviv University, Israel.
⁹ Texas Back Institute Research Foundation, Plano, Texas, USA.
¹⁰ University Health Network, Toronto, Canada.
¹¹ Biomedical Engineering Group, E.T.S. Ingenieros de Telecomunicación, University of Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain.
¹² Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
¹³ Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.
¹⁴ Department of Mechanical Engineering, Yamaguchi University, Japan.
¹⁵ Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Greece.
¹⁶ Department of Computer Engineering, Chosun University, Korea.
¹⁷ University of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
¹⁸ University of New South Wales, Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
¹⁹ Surgical Planning Laboratory, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
²⁰ University Hospital and Center of Dental Medicine, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
²¹ Physical Plant & Support Services, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas, USA.
²² Department of Industrial Engineering, Texas Tech University, Texas, USA.
²³ School of Nursing and University Center for Social and Urban Research, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA.
²⁴ Healthcare Engineering Division, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
²⁵ School of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
²⁶ Epilepsy Clinics, Covenant Medical Group; Chief, Section of Internal Medicine, Covenant Hospital, Lubbock, Texas, USA.
²⁷ The Chartis Group, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
²⁸ SINTEF, Technology and Society, Hospital Planning, Oslo, Norway.
²⁹ Biomedical Engineering and Telemedicine Research Group, University of Cadiz, Spain.
³⁰ Extremadura Public Healthcare Service, University of Extremadura, Spain.
³¹ Polystim Neurotechnology Lab, Polytechnique, University of Montreal, Canada.
³² Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas, USA.
³³ Department of Mechanical Engineering, Institute of Mechanical Engineering, Yuan Ze University, Taiwan.
³⁴ Department of Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan.
³⁵ School of Systems Engineering, University of Reading, UK.
³⁶ Department of Neurosurgery, Department of Electrical Engineering; Department of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
³⁷ 3D Surgical Planning Lab - Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Department of Imaging & Pathology/OMFS-IMPATH Research Group, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
³⁸ HJF Advancement of Military Medicine, Navy Medical Research Unit, San Antonio, Texas, USA.
³⁹ Chief Quality Officer-Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital; Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Sections of Critical Care and Cardiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA.
⁴⁰ College of Management Science & Engineering, Dongbei University of Finance and Economic, Dalian, China.
⁴¹ Dean, Glassell Family Foundation Distinguished Chair, Dr. Doris L. Ross Professor, School of Biomedical Informatics, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, USA.
⁴² The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China.

PMID: 27010831
DOI: 10.1260/2040-2295.6.4.635

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Healthcare Engineering Defined: A White Paper

Ming-Chien Chyu et al. J Healthc Eng. 2015.

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. 2015;6(4):635-47.

doi: 10.1260/2040-2295.6.4.635.

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Affiliations

¹ Department of Mechanical Engineering; Coordinator, Healthcare Engineering Graduate Program, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, USA.
² Helicon Health Ltd., London, UK.
³ Industrial Engineering Department; Dean, Management Faculty, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey.
⁴ Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center - Permian Basin (Odessa, Midland, Abilene and Dallas), Texas, USA.
⁵ Operational & Clinical Excellence Leader, Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital, Dallas, Texas, USA.
⁶ Computer Science Department, Center for Scientific Research and Higher Education of Ensenada, Ensenada, Mexico.
⁷ Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, King's Health Partners, London, UK.
⁸ Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tel Aviv University, Israel.
⁹ Texas Back Institute Research Foundation, Plano, Texas, USA.
¹⁰ University Health Network, Toronto, Canada.
¹¹ Biomedical Engineering Group, E.T.S. Ingenieros de Telecomunicación, University of Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain.
¹² Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
¹³ Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.
¹⁴ Department of Mechanical Engineering, Yamaguchi University, Japan.
¹⁵ Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Greece.
¹⁶ Department of Computer Engineering, Chosun University, Korea.
¹⁷ University of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
¹⁸ University of New South Wales, Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
¹⁹ Surgical Planning Laboratory, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
²⁰ University Hospital and Center of Dental Medicine, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
²¹ Physical Plant & Support Services, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas, USA.
²² Department of Industrial Engineering, Texas Tech University, Texas, USA.
²³ School of Nursing and University Center for Social and Urban Research, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA.
²⁴ Healthcare Engineering Division, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
²⁵ School of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
²⁶ Epilepsy Clinics, Covenant Medical Group; Chief, Section of Internal Medicine, Covenant Hospital, Lubbock, Texas, USA.
²⁷ The Chartis Group, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
²⁸ SINTEF, Technology and Society, Hospital Planning, Oslo, Norway.
²⁹ Biomedical Engineering and Telemedicine Research Group, University of Cadiz, Spain.
³⁰ Extremadura Public Healthcare Service, University of Extremadura, Spain.
³¹ Polystim Neurotechnology Lab, Polytechnique, University of Montreal, Canada.
³² Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas, USA.
³³ Department of Mechanical Engineering, Institute of Mechanical Engineering, Yuan Ze University, Taiwan.
³⁴ Department of Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan.
³⁵ School of Systems Engineering, University of Reading, UK.
³⁶ Department of Neurosurgery, Department of Electrical Engineering; Department of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
³⁷ 3D Surgical Planning Lab - Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Department of Imaging & Pathology/OMFS-IMPATH Research Group, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
³⁸ HJF Advancement of Military Medicine, Navy Medical Research Unit, San Antonio, Texas, USA.
³⁹ Chief Quality Officer-Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital; Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Sections of Critical Care and Cardiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA.
⁴⁰ College of Management Science & Engineering, Dongbei University of Finance and Economic, Dalian, China.
⁴¹ Dean, Glassell Family Foundation Distinguished Chair, Dr. Doris L. Ross Professor, School of Biomedical Informatics, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, USA.
⁴² The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China.

PMID: 27010831
DOI: 10.1260/2040-2295.6.4.635

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.

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