Medical Equipment Management Strategies

Wang, Binseng; Furst, Emanuel; Cohen, Ted; Keil, Ode R.; Ridgway, Malcolm; Stiefel, Robert H.

doi:10.2345/i0899-8205-40-3-233.1

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“…criticality to the organization's mission: the likelihood and severity of the impact of an equipment failure on the hospital's mission of providing care to patients, including the effects of delayed and/or interrupted diagnostics and therapeutics, and also the consequential impacts on patient satisfaction and institutional finances [Wang et al, 2006a]. criticality to the organization's mission: the likelihood and severity of the impact of an equipment failure on the hospital's mission of providing care to patients, including the effects of delayed and/or interrupted diagnostics and therapeutics, and also the consequential impacts on patient satisfaction and institutional finances [Wang et al, 2006a].…”

Section: Maintenance Planningmentioning

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Medical Equipment Maintenance: Management and Oversight

Wang¹

2012

Synthesis Lectures on Biomedical Engineering

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Lectures in Biomedical Engineering will be comprised of 75-to 150-page publications on advanced and state-of-the-art topics that spans the field of biomedical engineering, from the atom and molecule to large diagnostic equipment. Each lecture covers, for that topic, the fundamental principles in a unified manner, develops underlying concepts needed for sequential material, and progresses to more advanced topics. Computer software and multimedia, when appropriate and available, is included for simulation, computation, visualization and design. The authors selected to write the lectures are leading experts on the subject who have extensive background in theory, application and design. The series is designed to meet the demands of the 21st century technology and the rapid advancements in the all-encompassing field of biomedical engineering that includes biochemical, ABSTRACTIn addition to being essential for safe and effective patient care, medical equipment also has significant impact on the income and, thus, vitality of healthcare organizations. For this reason, its maintenance and management requires careful supervision by healthcare administrators, many of whom may not have the technical background to understand all of the relevant factors. This book presents the basic elements of medical equipment maintenance and management required of healthcare leaders responsible for managing or overseeing this function. It will enable these individuals to understand their professional responsibilities, as well as what they should expect from their supervised staff and how to measure and benchmark staff performance against equivalent performance levels at similar organizations.The book opens with a foundational summary of the laws, regulations, codes, and standards that are applicable to the maintenance and management of medical equipment in healthcare organizations. Next, the core functions of the team responsible for maintenance and management are described in sufficient detail for managers and overseers. Then the methods and measures for determining the effectiveness and efficiency of equipment maintenance and management are presented to allow performance management and benchmarking comparisons. The challenges and opportunities of managing healthcare organizations of different sizes, acuity levels, and geographical locations are discussed. Extensive bibliographic sources and material for further study are provided to assist students and healthcare leaders interested in acquiring more detailed knowledge.

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“…2000; Wang et al, 2006a;ECRI, 2012]. As a full description and discussion of this subject would require too much space, readers are referred to Wang [2008] for an in-depth treatment.…”

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Medical Equipment Maintenance: Management and Oversight

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2012

Synthesis Lectures on Biomedical Engineering

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“…When such data become available, it will be possible to use them to review maintenance planning models that consider mission criticality. 18,19 …”

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Evidence-Based Maintenance

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Journal of Clinical Engineering

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During the early years of clinical engineering (CE), CE professionals in the United States devoted a significant portion of their resources to detect failures through inspections (incoming and scheduled) and prevent failures through periodic parts replacement, lubrication, and other tasks (preventive maintenance), with the goal of reducing patient risks. With the rapid evolution of technology in the last 3 decades that increased medical equipment reliability, it is unclear whether CE professionals should continue to focus their attention on equipment failure detection and prevention or broaden their scope to enhance further patient safety. Using scheduled and unscheduled maintenance data collected for almost 2 years from 8 hospitals and a standardized failure classification method, 22 equipment types were analyzed in terms of actions that CE can undertake to improve safety: directly, indirectly, or in the future. For each of these 3 CE action groups, the risk associated with the use of equipment was estimated from the respective failure probability and severity of harm. The results show that, for most equipment types, CE professionals have reached the saturation point of what they can do to reduce risks, although some redirection of their attention from certain equipment types to others would optimize the use of limited resources. On the other hand, plenty of opportunities exist in helping the users and other allied health professionals to reduce risks significantly through further training, better communication, and better selection in future acquisitions.

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“…Unfortunately this is a time-and cost-intensive approach. Another approach suggests focusing on the risk posed by equipment failure on larger groups of patients, rather than focusing on the equipment with the highest maintenance demand [4]. Some authors have suggested categorizing systems according to their level of complexity as a guide for system management, optimization, and cost reduction, [5] as well as proposing a rule base for real-time equipment replacement prioritization [6].…”

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An Intelligent Healthcare Management System: A New Approach in Work-order Prioritization for Medical Equipment Maintenance Requests

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The effective maintenance management of medical technology influences the quality of care delivered and the profitability of healthcare facilities. Medical equipment maintenance in Jordan lacks an objective prioritization system; consequently, the system is not sensitive to the impact of equipment downtime on patient morbidity and mortality. The current work presents a novel software system (EQUIMEDCOMP) that is designed to achieve valuable improvements in the maintenance management of medical technology. This work-order prioritization model sorts medical maintenance requests by calculating a priority index for each request. Model performance was assessed by utilizing maintenance requests from several Jordanian hospitals. The system proved highly efficient in minimizing equipment downtime based on healthcare delivery capacity, and, consequently, patient outcome. Additionally, a preventive maintenance optimization module and an equipment quality control system are incorporated. The system is, therefore, expected to improve the reliability of medical equipment and significantly improve safety and cost-efficiency.

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Medical Equipment Management Strategies

Cited by 44 publications

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Medical Equipment Maintenance: Management and Oversight

Medical Equipment Maintenance: Management and Oversight

Evidence-Based Maintenance

An Intelligent Healthcare Management System: A New Approach in Work-order Prioritization for Medical Equipment Maintenance Requests

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