Ewh
From JhuWiki
The Engineering World Health or EWH is an organization of student volunteers dedicated to helping improve the conditions of hospitals both in the local community and worldwide.
The process by which EWH improves hospital conditions is numerous. Progress begins with an assessment conducted by our specially trained engineers. While working alongside hospital administrators, the engineer evaluates how the needs of the hospital can best be met.
Next, Engineering World Health assembles a container of refurbished medical equipment and donated supplies to meet the hospital's needs. However, shipping the container to the hospital is far from the end of EWH's involvement.
Once the parts have arrived, EWH volunteer engineers return to the hospital to install the equipment and train the hospital's staff in its use and maintenance. They will also repair broken equipment and train staff the in the skills needed for future improvements.
However, EWH has found that a visit from engineers when the equipment first arrives is not enough. Items get broken in shipment, staff forget how to use the equipment, and occasionally a hospital requires an unanticipated specialty part to use the equipment. That's why EWH, unlike any other organization, returns a third time to the hospital. During the third visit, any additional parts not shipped with the original delivery are installed and the training is reinforced, preserving the hospital's capabilities for years to come.[[1]]
[edit] Johns Hopkins Chapter
The Johns Hopkins University Chapter of Engineering World Health was created in the Spring of 2008. Its goal is to improve the healthcare status of people in undeserved areas by providing and maintaining appropriate medical technologies. It works on two types of projects, repair projects and design projects. The goal of the repair projects is to repair equipment to send to developing hospitals. The goal of the design projects is to develop new medical technologies that would improve the healthcare conditions in developing countries. The club welcomes members to help out in the design and repair projects, as well as donors to provide the equipment needed for the repair and design projects.[[2]]
[edit] Current Officers of EWH JHU Chapter
- President - Brian Keeley
- Vice President - Yoshiaki Sono
- Treasurer - Danielle Dorfman
- Secretary & EWH Website/Wiki Admin - Kenneth Chiang
- Public Relations - Betsy Hu
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