Managed equipment services can be boon for emerging market health
2018 23 May
Solving the waste issue of unused equipment in African hospitals Managed Equipment Services (MES) is an innovative way of tackling the problem of wasted medical equipment stock in sub-Saharan Africa. In healthcare, the private sector is increasingly working with governments to address the needs of health systems. This collaboration...Read more
Monitoring Equipment to Reduce Energy Consumption in Hospitals:
2014 10 Apr
Ongoing Research by the Low Energy Hospital Project Authors: Tarald Rohde cand.oecon SINTEF Robert Martinez Norconsult [email protected] The Low Energy Hospital research project started in 2010 and will end in April 2014. It is funded by the Norwegian Research Council and public and...Read more
Indirect Calorimetry: Research Tool or Essential Equipment?
2013 18 Sep
Indirect calorimetry is usually presented as essential equipment to optimise nutrition. However, numerous flaws limit its use, and currently available devices are not sufficiently accurate for clinical use. Why Use an Indirect Calorimeter in the ICU? The magnitude of the caloric debt (the difference between energy expenditure (EE)...Read more
Equipment Challenges During Critical Care Aeromedical Evacuation
2013 15 Aug
Authors Elizabeth Bridges, PhD RN CCNS, Lt Col USAFR NC University of Washington School of Nursing, Seattle, USA Clinical Investigations Facility, Travis AFB, USA Joseph Schmelz, PhD RN, Lt Col USAF NC (Ret) Karen Evers, MSN RN, Lt Col, USAF NC (Ret) D. Johnson PhD RN, Col USAFR...Read more
Are You Optimising... Your Capital Equipment Investment?
2012 27 Aug
Hospitals can no longer afford to let the “squeaky wheel” or departmental politics drive capital equipment decisions. Rather, with CESP, the perils of opinionbased investments are replaced with qualitative and comprehensive analyses. Hospital executives can now make better-informed decisions because the provided data was validated and weighted,...Read more
Are You Optimising Your Capital Equipment Investment?
2011 30 Dec
If you are a hospital executive or department manager, you know the "joys" of annual budgeting and capital planning. With the rapid advancement of healthcare technologies, people are seeing this yearly task morph into an even more complex maze of unknowns and endless requests for big-ticket items. That is why healthcare systems are adopting Capital...Read more
Transport Equipment
2009 21 Sep
The average intensive care unit (ICU) room is approximately 400 square feet. This space often seems quite small when filled with monitoring devices, beds, ventilators, and pumps necessary for proper patient care. In the transport environment, space is often a fraction of that of a hospital. Ambulances of all types must be configured to transport patients...Read more
Workflow Scheduling with Multiple Equipments Requirements
2009 03 Sep
The Case for MRI & CT Scanning Scheduling appointments plays a crucial role in the smooth administration of the radiology department, particularly when multiple pieces of equipment have to be managed simultaneously. Access to modalities is assigned according to different sectors’ requirements and volume of activity. All radiological appointments...Read more
Negotiating Equipment Maintenance Contracts: Simplification of a Complex Art
2008 01 Oct
Author ChrisWright Senior Lecturer University of Cumbria Cumbria, United Kingdom [email protected] . Maintenance of equipment post warranty is a major challenge to radiologymanagers. As one of the largest organisational costs, the need for efficient management is paramount.However, the level...Read more
Focus on Interventional Radiology Equipment: Technology Drives Clinical Practice
2007 15 Dec
Author Jason Launders Senior Project Officer ECRI Institute [email protected] Interventional radiology (IR) refers to a wide range of minimally invasive procedures in which radiology equipment is used to guide interventions, such as stenting, biopsy, embolisation, and ablation.While guidance can be achieved with...Read more
The French Clinical Engineer:A Key Resource to Manage Biomedical Equipment in the Hospital
2007 26 Oct
Author: Martine Decouvelaere President of the French Association of Clinical Engineers, Hospices Civils de Lyon, France Email: [email protected] Among hospital engineers of all specialties, approximately 540 work part- or full-time as clinical engineers...Read more
ECRI-AIMS Equipment Management System
2006 30 Nov
ECRI-AIMS has announced a new system for managing all aspects of technologybased assets found in European and international healthcare institutions. It is a web-browser application, enabling data stored centrally by the hospital to be accessed via a web browser connected to the hospital intranet. There is no client software to install and ECRI-AIMS...Read more
