Today, the healthcare industry is undergoing significant changes in terms of knowledge and new technologies which are highly specialized. These changes are raising complex moral and ethical issues, in addition to the issue of dealing with the healthcare expenditures which are increasing.

Healthcare centers are challenged to provide affordable and efficient access to quality healthcare while taking advantage of technology breakthroughs for improved health and quality of life.

In addition to the fore-mentioned points, the Department of Medical Engineering at the American University of Beirut Medical Center (AUBMC) has dealt with:

• the high international standards that AUBMC and the Faculty of Medicine at AUB aim to maintain in a developing country in terms of patient care, education, and research
  
  
• full responsibility of servicing all the medical equipment at AUBMC during war times without relying on any local support