Modelo de gestión innovador de la unidad de ingeniería clínica para hospitales generales del Ministerio de Salud Pública del Ecuador, 2021

Abstract

Abstract: The purpose of the investigationis to identify the organizational structure of the general hospital of the Ministry of Public Health Ecuador to propose a management model that allows incorporating the clinical engineering unittoinnovatethe organization; in such a way that medical equipment can be administered through optimized processes. The Pablo Arturo Suárez General Hospital was chosen to carry out the study,applying the deductive-inductive and inductive deductive scientific method adapted to the national reality from the theoricinformation;the techniques of documentary compilationwere used, interview and observation were used to getthe information. The results obtained allowed to propose four strategies with their respective activities and costs for the creation and administration of the clinical engineering unit in the general hospital; The strategies presented are: selection and recruitment of personnel for the area, acquisition of medical equipment management software that allows monitoring of biomedical equipment from purchase to maintenance during its useful life, acquisition of measurement and simulation equipment for perform maintenance of equipment with low risk; and, trainings.