Title :
Technology related decision-making issues in hospitals
Author_Institution :
Texas Children´´s Hospital, Houston, TX, USA
Abstract :
The various organizational levels at which hospital health care equipment is assessed are discussed. Strengths and weakness of the process are examined. Suggestions to improve the decision-making process are given
Keywords :
biomedical equipment; reviews; decision-making process; hospital health care equipment; organizational levels; technology related decision-making issues; Biomedical engineering; Biomedical monitoring; Computer displays; Costs; Decision making; Focusing; Hospitals; Maintenance engineering; Medical services; Pediatrics;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1989. Images of the Twenty-First Century., Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in
Conference_Location :
Seattle, WA
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.1989.96336
