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Health technology management: a database analysis as support of technology managers in hospitals.
- Source :
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Technology and health care : official journal of the European Society for Engineering and Medicine [Technol Health Care] 2011; Vol. 19 (6), pp. 445-54. - Publication Year :
- 2011
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Abstract
- Technology management in healthcare must continually respond and adapt itself to new improvements in medical equipment. Multidisciplinary approaches which consider the interaction of different technologies, their use and user skills, are necessary in order to improve safety and quality. An easy and sustainable methodology is vital to Clinical Engineering (CE) services in healthcare organizations in order to define criteria regarding technology acquisition and replacement. This article underlines the critical aspects of technology management in hospitals by providing appropriate indicators for benchmarking CE services exclusively referring to the maintenance database from the CE department at the Careggi Hospital in Florence, Italy.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1878-7401
- Volume :
- 19
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Technology and health care : official journal of the European Society for Engineering and Medicine
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 22129945
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3233/THC-2011-0642