The management of medical technology

Author

Brown, I. ; Smale, A. ; Wong, M. ; Yeo, C.L.

Author_Institution

Centre for Biomed. Eng., Monash Univ., Clayton, Vic., Australia

fYear

2001

fDate

18-21 Nov. 2001

Firstpage

367

Lastpage

372

Abstract

Medical technology is a valuable asset that is strategically important to the operational efficiency of the Australian health care industry. This paper looks at the Australian care health industry and suggests the need for a more structured approach to medical technology strategic planning at a national, state, and hospital level. Strategic planning frameworks are considered and data relating to a sample of Australian hospitals is discussed. The paper deals with a wide range of issues that impact on medical technology strategic planning including cost of ownership, access and equity, remaining life of technology, financing options, and centralised vs local planning.

Keywords

biomedical engineering; biomedical equipment; health care; management; medical administrative data processing; strategic planning; Australian health care industry; Australian hospitals; access; centralised planning; cost of ownership; equity; financing options; local planning; medical technology management; remaining life; strategic planning; Australia; Biomedical engineering; Biomedical equipment; Costs; Hospitals; Medical services; Paper technology; Strategic planning; Technology management; Technology planning;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Intelligent Information Systems Conference, The Seventh Australian and New Zealand 2001

Print_ISBN

1-74052-061-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ANZIIS.2001.974106

Filename

974106