What administrators need to know about clinical engineers. Understanding the equipment manager's responsibilities and concerns.

Despite the proliferance of computer systems in hospitals, many administrators--both new and experienced--have only a passing knowledge of technology management and managers. To make both the administrators' and the clinical engineers' jobs less difficult and more effective, the authors offer a profile of the "typical" clinical engineer. In the process, they underscore how health-care-administration programs need to increase students' exposure to and training in technology management.