Group's deep data dive helps optimize medical equipment maintenance.
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چکیده
To get the most out of its preventive maintenance (PM) activities, Technical Services Partnership (TSP) at the University of Vermont first needed to determine the failure rate for various types of healthcare technology. This massive undertaking, deemed the Comprehensive Preventive Maintenance Frequency Adjustment Project, would provide TSP with the data it needed to optimize equipment maintenance schedules based on overall risk. TSP operates as a not-for-profit department within the university, providing clinical engineering services to around 30 hospitals, clinics, and other healthcare delivery organizations in Vermont, New York, and New Hampshire. The majority of facilities in the TSP network are small community hospitals (100 beds or less), but it also includes larger regional institutions, such as the University of Vermont Medical Center. TSP helps its customers stay current on the latest advances in healthcare technology while ensuring patient safety, clinical efficacy, cost containment, and operational excellence. TSP has two primary staff positions: biomedical equipment technicians (BMETs) and clinical engineers. The BMETs are in residence at the various hospitals (community and teaching), performing frontline medical equipment safety and performance inspections, while the three full-time clinical engineers provide oversight for large geographic areas, including assessing the clinical efficacy of new equipment, conducting incident investigations, completing electronic medical record–equipment integration projects, and ensuring compliance with regulations and standards.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Biomedical instrumentation & technology
دوره 49 3 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2015