Title :
Management of Medical Technology □ Implementation Issues
Author :
Brown, I. ; Smale, A. ; Wong, M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Syst. Eng., Monash Univ., Clayton, Vic.
Abstract :
Medical technology in Australian public hospitals has a replacement cost of approximately A$3 billion. The management of this invaluable asset suggests the need for a planning framework to facilitate equipment replacement and acquisition decisions, an accurate inventory of technology assets, and an implementation process to enable prioritisation and the allocation of funds. The authors report on work associated with the initial phases of planning process development and identify issues that need to be resolved in relation to the implementation phase
Keywords :
biomedical equipment; decision making; financial management; hospitals; inventory management; planning; acquisition decisions; equipment replacement; funds allocation; funds prioritisation; medical technology planning; public hospitals; technology assets inventory; Asset management; Australia; Biomedical engineering; Biomedical equipment; Costs; Government; Hospitals; Process planning; Technology management; Technology planning;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2005. IEEE-EMBS 2005. 27th Annual International Conference of the
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8741-4
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2005.1615773
