Management plans serve as executive summaries of how a hospital meets the intent statements
for each environment of are standard. Each management plan should include a
statement of objectives. As a hospital defines the objectives for a particular management
plan, it is important to be consistent with the objectives that JCAHO incorporates into its
environment of {See hyphenation query} care standards. For example, Standard EC.1.6
states that the medical equipment management plan should “promote the safe and effective
use of equipment.” Thus, the medical equipment management plan is not a description
of how the clinical engineering department functions; it is a description of how the
hospital meets the intent statements under Standard EC.1.6.