Role PTPI (Peran Teknik Perumahsakitan Dalam Pembangunan dan Pengelolaan Rumah Sakit)

Healthcare Engineering is engineering involved in all aspect of healthcare. The term "engineering" covers all engineering disciplines such as Biomedical, Chemical, Civil, Computer, Electrical, Environmental, Industrial, Information, Materials, Mechanical, Software and Systems Engineering. A more elaborated definition can be developed based on "healthcare" defined as:

• "The maintenance and improvement of physical and mental health, especially through the provision of medical services"[15].
• "The prevention , treatment, and management of illness and the preservation of mental and physical well-being through the services offered by the medical and allied health professions." [16].

Therefor, a more detailed definition of Healthcare Engineering is the following:

Healthcare Engineering is engineering involved in all aspects of the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and management of illness, as well as the preservation and improvement of physical and mental health and well-being, through the services offered to human by the medical and allied health professions.  Source: Journal of Healthcare Engineering · Vol. 6 · No.4 · 2015 Page 635–64 (ditulis oleh 41 Professors dari Amerika, Asia, Australia, dan Eropa).

Healthcare Engineering covers the following two major areas:

Engineering for Healthcare Intervention, engineering involved in the development or provision of any treatment, preventive care, or test that a person could take or undergo to improve health or to help with a particular health problem. 

Engineering for Healthcare Systems, engineering involved in the complete network of organizations, agencies, facilities, information systems, management systems, financing mechanisms, logistics, and all trained personnel engaged in delivering healthcare within a geographical area.” Source: Journal of Healthcare Engineering · Vol. 6 · No.4 · 2015 Page 635–648

I. Engineering for Healthcare Intervention

A. Fundamentals

• Biomechanics
• Biomaterials
• Biomedical Instruments
• Medical Devices
• Engineering for Surgery
• Medical Imaging
• Organ Transplantation
• Artificial Organs
• Drug Delivery
• Genetic Engineering
• Engineering for Diagnosis/Detection
• Health Informatics, Information Engineering & Decision Support
• Disinfection Engineering

B. Engineering for Disease Prevention, Diagnosis, Treatment, and Management

• Cardiovascular Disease
• Cancer
• Alzheimer’s Disease
• Diabetes
• Respiratory Disease
• Obesity
• Degenerative Diseases, Others

C. Engineering for Patient Care

• Patient Safety
• Critical Care
• Neonatal Care
• Home Healthcare
• Elderly Care
• Patient Monitoring
• Health Disparities
• Disaster Management

D. Engineering for Medical Specialties

• Allergy and Immunology
• Anesthesiology
• Cardiology
• Critical Care Medicine
• Emergency Medicine
• Endocrinology
• Gastroenterology
• General Surgery
• Geriatrics
• Infectious Disease
• Neurology
• Neurosurgery
• Nuclear Medicine
• Occupational Medicine
• Oncology
• Ophthalmology
• Orthopedics
• Pathology
• Pediatrics
• Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
• Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery
• Public Health
• Pulmonology
• Radiology
• Radiotherapy
• Rheumatology
• Sports Medicine
• Urology
• Vascular Medicine

E. Engineering for Dental Specialties

• Endodontics
• Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Radiology, and Surgery
• Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics
• Periodontics
• Prosthodontics, Others

F. Engineering for Allied Health Specialties

• Audiology
• Clinical Laboratory Science
• Environmental Health
• Occupational Therapy
• Orthotics and prosthetics
• Physical Therapy
• Rehabilitation
• Respiratory Therapy
• Speech Therapy

G. Engineering for Nursing - including nursing in all related areas, particularly (I)B, C, D, E, (II)A, and B.

H. Engineering for Pharmacy

• Pharmaceutical Design & Development
• Bio-/Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
• Pharmaceutical Devices
• Pharmaceutical Testing
• Pharmaceutical Information Systems
• Clinical Science
• Regulatory Compliance

II. Engineering for Healthcare Systems

A. Healthcare System Management, Improvement & Reform

• Quality, Cost, Efficiency, Effectiveness
• Operations Research & Systems Engineering
• Lean, Six Sigma, Total Quality Management
• Human Factors
• High Reliability Organization
• Resilience Engineering
• Rural Health

B. Healthcare Information Systems

• Electronic Health Record
• E-Health
• M-Health
• Telemedicine
• Wireless Technology
• Data Mining & Big Data
• Information Security

C. Healthcare Facilities

• Healthcare Infrastructure
• Healthcare Energy Systems
• Healthcare Sustainability & Green Design
• Environmental Health and Safety
• Healthcare Policy