Healthcare engineering defined : a white paper

• Main Authors: Chyu, Ming-Chien, Austin, Tony, Calisir, Fethi, Chanjaplammootil, Samuel, Davis, Mark J., Favela, Jesus, Gan, Heng, Gefen, Amit, Haddas, Ram, Hahn-Goldberg, Shoshana, Hornero, Roberto, Huang, Yu-Li, Jensen, Øystein, Jiang, Zhongwei, Katsanis, J. S., Lee, Jeong-A, Lewis, Gladius, Lovell, Nigel H., Luebbers, Heinz-Theo, Morales, George G., Matis, Timothy, Matthews, Judith T., Mazur, Lukasz, Ng, Eddie Yin-Kwee, Oommen, K. J., Ormand, Kevin, Rohde, Tarald, Sánchez-Morillo, Daniel, Sanz-Calcedo, Justo García, Mohamad Sawan, Shen, Chwan-Li, Shieh, Jiann-Shing, Su, Chao-Ton, Sun, Lilly, Sun, Mingui, Sun, Yi, Tewolde, Senay N., Williams, Eric A., Yan, Chongjun, Zhang, Jiajie, Zhang, Yuan-Ting
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Healthcare Engineering; Definition; DRNTU::Engineering::Mechanical engineering
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/88676; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/45915
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

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 ambigu...