DocumentCode
307654
Title
General Capital Equipment selection process
Author
Campbell, G.J.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Technol. Dev., Univ. Hospital, London, Ont., Canada
Volume
1
fYear
1995
fDate
20-25 Sep 1995
Firstpage
659
Abstract
A novel Capital Equipment decision process that excludes information Systems equipment has been adopted at University Hospital. The process is administered by a small multidisciplinary committee. Submissions are reviewed and classified, in order to identify equipment for purchase, decline purchase, or defer, as well as identify self-funded equipment (payback within 2 years). These decisions are reached with a set of standardized considerations. Equipment decisions for business enterprises (e.g. cafeteria), self-funded and contingency are processed by an expedited method
Keywords
biomedical equipment; equipment selection; 2 y; University Hospital; business enterprises; cafeteria; contingency; decline purchase; equipment decisions; expedited method; general Capital Equipment selection process; information Systems equipment; self-funded equipment; small multidisciplinary committee; standardized considerations; Costs; Decision making; Guidelines; Hospitals; Portfolios; Process design;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1995., IEEE 17th Annual Conference
Conference_Location
Montreal, Que.
Print_ISBN
0-7803-2475-7
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IEMBS.1995.575299
Filename
575299
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