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Why to Outsource Biomedical Engineering Department...

To provide quality healthcare service to patient is a target of every healthcare organisation throughout the world. This mission requires a combination of people, processes and technologies. And, while patient care is the ultimate priority, healthcare organizations must also have a keen business sense to insure the financial flexibility needed to continually invest in infrastructure. More and more hospitals are making a strategic decision to outsource their biomedical equipment management to independent service organizations. This helps to balance patient care with financial goals.

Key Reasons:

(1) Availability of certified & skill technicians at site:

  • In past, maintaining biomedical equipment was much more mechanical than its technical. A technician could diagnose & fix a problem using the tools one might find in a maintained workshop. But today’s medical equipment is much more complex and requires very specialized and specific training to maintain adequate uptime of devices to serve patients in this competitive world.
  • In past, maintaining biomedical equipment was much more mechanical than its technical. A technician could diagnose & fix a problem using the tools one might find in a maintained workshop. But today’s medical equipment is much more complex and requires very specialized and specific training to maintain adequate uptime of devices to serve patients in this competitive world.
  • Independent Biomedical Engineering organizations can have pre-qualified resources to alleviate the backfill problems that in-house programs cannot immediately remedy.

(2) Investment in Asset Management to meet accreditation standard like NABH/JCI/ISO:

  • The investment in an electronic asset management system is an expensive proposition for healthcare organizations. It may tie-up financial resources that would otherwise use to support core functions associated with patient care.
  • While, independent Biomedical Engineering groups have already made the investment in electronic asset management systems by deep research by team of experts, because it is their core competency. These asset management systems not only help provide inspectors with quick access to key information, but they can be programmed with inspection schedules, preventive maintenance schedules, and reminders so biomedical assets are proactively maintained.

(3) Budget Planning & Cost Saving:

  • When it is time to upgrade, or purchase new equipment, a trusted source with a broad understanding of clinical technology can provide expert consultation independent of what a manufacturer can offer. Ultimately, this expert advice will lead to equipment choices that maximize the lifecycle of an asset based on the specific needs of a healthcare organization. And with the help of experts, organisation will negotiate with manufacturer and save huge cost.

(4) Management of Vendors & Equipment Maintenance:

  • Independent Biomedical Engineering firms can help hospitals to manage OEM equipment contracts and help them in multivendor management. Further to this equipment manufacturers do not always have the resources to provide timely, onsite responses to equipment problems. While independent service organizations are already certified on most of medical equipments, they can able perform repair and maintenance services faster than the OEM, in manycases.

(5) One Point Contact:

  • Due to the number of OEM contracts within hospital, for tracking down the manufacturers contact information and ensuring they meet their negotiated service level agreements, hospitals requires additional manpower cost to manage. Consolidation of OEM contracts by an independent service organization provides hospitals with a single resource for biomedical equipment problems and frequently leads to increased uptime and fewer headaches for hospital staff with greater focus on patient care & treatment.