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Garcia-Ibarra, Berrio, Trujillo-Toro, Salazar and Garcia: Regional Nodes of Colombian Clinical Engineers


                              ResUlts                           transference. As a result, every day, clinical engineers
           Currently we have work leaders composed of 12 clini-  are looking to be part of the network on behalf of their
        cal engineers from 8 high-complexity hospitals, which are   institutions and universities that provide academic and
        recognized because they have national accreditation and   methodological support to the network. Table 1 shows the
        JCI accreditation, as well as successful experiences in MEM.
                                                                TABlE 1. Current Composition of the Regional Nodes
           These 12 engineers are leading and maintaining 6
                                                                 Region       Clinical Engineers Hospitals  Universities
        Regional Nodes of Colombian clinical engineering (Figure
        2): Center Node: Bogotá, Cundinamarca and departments    Bogotá              60           40          2
        of the center of the country; South West Node: Valle del
                                                                 Antioquia           40           20          5
        Cauca, Cauca, Nariño; Antioquia Node; Santanderes Node:
        Santander and North of Santander; Caribean Coast Node:   Southwest           55           35          2
                                                                 Colombia
        Atlántico, Bolívar, Cesar, Córdoba, La Guajira, Magdalena,
        Sucre; and Coffee Triangle Area Node.                    Santanderes         25           10          2
                                                                 Coffee              30           20          1
                                                                 Triangle Area
                                                                 Caribbean           30           15          1
                                                                 Coast

                                                                current composition of the Regional Nodes in relation to
                                                                the number of clinical engineers, health care institutions,
                                                                and universities which are part of the network.
                                                                   Strengthening of the Regional Nodes has resulted in a
                                                                positive impact on the MEM around the country, such as:
                                                                   •  Continuous training in Colombian regulations.
                                                                   •  Cooperation relationships among participants.

                                                                   •  Institutional referencing to improve processes.
                                                                   •  Positioning of clinical engineers as the main stake-
                                                                     holders in MEM.

                                                                   •  Institutional strengthening of the MoHSP in health
                                                                     care technologies field.

                                                                   •  Better health care for patients.
                                                                   •  Accessibility of MEM information.
                                                                   •  Improving efficiency of the MEM process in regional
                                                                     and local hospitals.
                                                                   •  Collaboration with the MoHSP in the validation of
                                                                     the Equipment Evaluation, Maintenance and Obso-
        Figure 2. Colombian Nodes map.                               lescence Manual.

                                                                   •  Contribution on the development of a proposal for
           Networking has proven to be an effective method to
                                                                     “mandatory requirements for the medical equipment
        optimize resources, create and strengthen communication      management” for public and private hospitals and
        channels, share MEM experiences, and facilitate knowledge    clinics, blood banks, and public health laboratories.




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