000 04006nam a22005055i 4500
001 978-3-031-01639-4
003 DE-He213
005 20240730164343.0
007 cr nn 008mamaa
008 220601s2009 sz | s |||| 0|eng d
020 _a9783031016394
_9978-3-031-01639-4
024 7 _a10.1007/978-3-031-01639-4
_2doi
050 4 _aT1-995
072 7 _aTBC
_2bicssc
072 7 _aTEC000000
_2bisacsh
072 7 _aTBC
_2thema
082 0 4 _a620
_223
100 1 _aWang, Binseng.
_eauthor.
_4aut
_4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut
_984067
245 1 0 _aStrategic Health Technology Incorporation
_h[electronic resource] /
_cby Binseng Wang.
250 _a1st ed. 2009.
264 1 _aCham :
_bSpringer International Publishing :
_bImprint: Springer,
_c2009.
300 _aX, 61 p.
_bonline resource.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
347 _atext file
_bPDF
_2rda
490 1 _aSynthesis Lectures on Biomedical Engineering,
_x1930-0336
505 0 _aIntroduction -- Conceptual Framework -- The Incorporation Process -- Discussion -- Conclusions.
520 _aTechnology is essential to the delivery of health care but it is still only a tool that needs to be deployed wisely to ensure beneficial outcomes at reasonable costs. Among various categories of health technology, medical equipment has the unique distinction of requiring both high initial investments and costly maintenance during its entire useful life. This characteristic does not, however, imply that medical equipment is more costly than other categories, provided that it is managed properly. The foundation of a sound technology management process is the planning and acquisition of equipment, collectively called technology incorporation. This lecture presents a rational, strategic process for technology incorporation based on experience, some successful and many unsuccessful, accumulated in industrialized and developing countries over the last three decades. The planning step is focused on establishing a Technology Incorporation Plan (TIP) using data collected from an audit of existing technology, evaluating needs, impacts, costs, and benefits, and consolidating the information collected for decision making. The acquisition step implements TIP by selecting equipment based on technical, regulatory, financial, and supplier considerations, and procuring it using one of the multiple forms of purchasing or agreements with suppliers. This incorporation process is generic enough to be used, with suitable adaptations, for a wide variety of health organizations with different sizes and acuity levels, ranging from health clinics to community hospitals to major teaching hospitals and even to entire health systems. Such a broadly applicable process is possible because it is based on a conceptual framework composed of in-depth analysis of the basic principles that govern each stage of technology lifecycle. Using this incorporation process, successful TIPs have been created and implemented, thereby contributing to the improvement of healthcare services and limiting the associated expenses. Table of Contents: Introduction / Conceptual Framework / The Incorporation Process / Discussion / Conclusions.
650 0 _aEngineering.
_99405
650 0 _aBiophysics.
_94093
650 0 _aBiomedical engineering.
_93292
650 1 4 _aTechnology and Engineering.
_984068
650 2 4 _aBiophysics.
_94093
650 2 4 _aBiomedical Engineering and Bioengineering.
_931842
710 2 _aSpringerLink (Online service)
_984071
773 0 _tSpringer Nature eBook
776 0 8 _iPrinted edition:
_z9783031005114
776 0 8 _iPrinted edition:
_z9783031027673
830 0 _aSynthesis Lectures on Biomedical Engineering,
_x1930-0336
_984072
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-01639-4
912 _aZDB-2-SXSC
942 _cEBK
999 _c85611
_d85611