CV Lattes
Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Faculdade de Engenharia Elétrica e de Computação (FEEC) (Institutional affiliation from the last research proposal) Birthplace: Brazil
Graduated on Electrical Engineering at Mackenzie University (1974); MSc on Medical Electronics from University of London (1980) and Ph.D. on Biomedical Engineering at University of London (1984). Teaching and research on Biomedical Engineering, focusing Clinical Engineering subjects. Specific interest on Medical Equipment Management, Risk Management, Financial Management and Medical Technology Assessment.. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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In the past few decades, there has been an unprecedented focus on patient safety in North America due to landmark reports highlighting the high rate of preventable adverse events. Specifically, in 1999, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) report, To Err is Human: Building a Safer Healthcare System, concluded that between 44,000 and 98,000 people die annually in the United States due to preven…
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There is today a worldwide preoccupation to reduce risks during the use of medical equipment. This reduction involves not only the application of methods such as Healthcare Failure Mode Effect Analysis - HFMEA where the risk s identified and quantified but the possibility to design and produce equipment that can optimize and maximize the interaction with its operator. Serious problems can…
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