biomedical engineering

Career Prospects in

Biomedical Engineering


Clinical Engineering

Specialties

Career Prospects

Biomedical Companies

Healthcare Standards

Hospital Accreditation

Higher Studies

Research Funding

PSUs

Entrepreneurship

Topics

Biomedical Engineering …• Specialized branch of Engineering.

• Medical Technology: 2nd position in terms of research expenditure.

• Food & Health integral part of life and would remain eternal!

• The unique interface between engineering andhealthcare -utilize the knowledge of engineering inhealthcare for a better patient care.

• Involves almost all types of science andengineering streams.

• The most passionate area of research- otherbranches of engineering carry out the researchin biomedical as their area is saturated.

• Our solutions impact the society to improvelifespan of individuals, the most valuablething.


Clinical Engineering

• is a speciality within biomedical engineering .

• responsible primarily for applying and implementing medical technology to optimize healthcare delivery.

• governmental regulators on hospital inspections/audits.

• technological consultants for other hospital staff .

• advise medical device producers regarding prospective design improvements based on clinical experiences.

• Procurement and asset management.

Specialties

• Biomaterials

• Biomechanics

• Bio Signal Processing

• Medical Imaging

• Medical Informatics

• Genetic Engineering

• Tissue Engineering

• Nanotechnology

• Clinical Research

CAREER PROSPECTS

After B.Tech.

HOSPITALSEngineer/ Auditor /

HMIS Manager

COMPANYSales/ Service /

Application Specialist

OEM Research/ Production

Engineer

Masters Degree in Engineering

Masters Degree in Management

(Hospital)

ENTERPRENUER

Manufacturer/ Dealer/ Service Provider

PUBLIC SECTORManager/ Auditor/

Researcher/ Patent Examiner

Job Titles• Biomedical Engineer

• Clinical Engineer

• Service Engineer

• Customer Support Engineer

• Application Specialist

• Project Engineer- Medical Devices

• Patent Examiner (Intellectual Property)

• Biomedical Auditor

• HMIS Administrator

• Content Developer

Job opportunities …• BLS (Bureau of Labour Statistics)- biomedical

engineering - fastest growing professions all over the world.

• Hospitals/ Healthcare organisations in INDIA

• Sales/ Service/ Application Specialist.

• Limited number of manufacturers for sophisticated equipments (100% FDI).

Job opportunities• Evolving and developing though in India.

• investment towards R&D field related to biomedical sector is increasing.

• Experience / Internship training.

• Salary

• Very promising career in developed countries.

Biomedical Companies• Siemens

• Philips

• B Braun Medical

• Becton Dickinson

• Medtronic

• Thoshiba

• Wipro GE Healthcare

• Schiller Healthcare

• Maquet Medical

Healthcare Standards …• HL7 standard.

• Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes (LOINC).

• International Classification of Diseases (ICD10)

• Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine--Clinical Terms (SNOMED-CT)- International Health Terminology Standards Development Organization (IHTSDO)

• Current Procedural Terminology, 4th Edition (CPT 4)

• ATC – Anatomic Therapeutic Chemical Classification of Drugs

Healthcare Standards

• Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM)

• International Organization for Standardization (ISO)

• Standards for Medical Devices.

• Medical Devices Regulation-WHO

• ECRI Institute (formerly the "Emergency Care Research Institute")

Hospital Accreditation• Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare

Organizations - JCAHO .

• Accreditation Canada

• The Australian Council on Healthcare Standards or ACHS.

• QHA Trent Accreditation (United Kingdom)/

• The International Society for Quality in Health Care (ISQua)

• National Accreditation Board for Hospitals and Healthcare Providers (NABH)

Higher Studies - India

• IIT Mumbai

• IIT kharagpur

• IIT Madras

• Anna University, Chennai

• Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belgaum

• SCTIMST.

• VIT University, Tamil Nadu

• SRM University, Tamil Nadu

• MG University, Kerala

Higher Studies - Abroad

• Germany

• United Kingdom

• USA

• Australia

• Canada

Research funding..

• National Health Portal (http://www.nhp.gov.in/)

• Department of Electronics and Information Technology –DeitY (http://deity.gov.in/)

• Department of Biotechnology – DBT (http://www.dbtindia.nic.in/)

• Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council ---BIRAC. (http://www.birac.nic.in/)

• Kerala State Council For Science, Technology & Environment –KSCSTE (http://www.kscste.kerala.gov.in/)

http://www.nhp.gov.in/

http://deity.gov.in/

http://www.dbtindia.nic.in/

http://www.birac.nic.in/

http://www.kscste.kerala.gov.in/

Research funding

• Indian Council of Medical Research ICMR (www.icmr.nic.in)

• International Funding

– WHO

– IEEE EMBS (Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society)

– IEEE SIGHT (Special Interest Group on Humanitarian Technology)

– International Collaborative projects (Indo-American, Indo-German) through Govt. of India.

http://www.icmr.nic.in/



Public Sector Undertakings• HLL Life Care

• Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences & Technology.

• Kerala Medical Services Corporation Ltd.

• National Health Mission

• eHealth Kerala

• Indian Institute of Information Technology & Management, Kerala.

Entrepreneurship…

• Technical / Managerial Assistance.

• Local Body Registration.

• Linkage with funding agencies.

• Taxes Department.

Entrepreneurship • Additional Skill Acquisition Programme – ASAP Kerala

• Kerala Institute for Entrepreneurship Development (KIED)

• Kerala Financial Corporation- KFC

• Kerala State Entrepreneur Development Mission (KSEDM)

• Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (GoI)

• Directorate of Industries and Commerce (http://dic.kerala.gov.in/)

http://dic.kerala.gov.in/

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