Re-Engineering a Medical Devices Management Software System: The Web Approach

P.G. Malataras, Z.B. Bliznakov and N.E. Pallikarakis
Additional contact information
P.G. Malataras: Department of Medical Physics, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
Z.B. Bliznakov: Institute of Biomedical Technology, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
N.E. Pallikarakis: Department of Medical Physics, University of Patras, Patras, Greece

International Journal of Reliable and Quality E-Healthcare (IJRQEH), 2014, vol. 3, issue 1, 9-18

Abstract: The primary aim of a hospital Clinical Engineering Department (CED) is to ensure a safe and cost-effective operation of the medical devices. In order to achieve this goal, it needs to implement and establish a comprehensive biomedical technology management program, which is a complex and multidimensional task. This work presents a medical devices management software system to assist the CED in healthcare, and it appears, as a result, of an effort to re-engineer and rebuild such an old, successful management system. The findings of this re-engineering attempt are presented. The goal was the incorporation of the new trends in clinical engineering and medical devices management and the exploitation of the new capabilities provided by the modern software tools and platforms. The system is expected to respond to the changing healthcare environment demands, the increased efforts required, and the respective broader role that CEDs have to play.

Date: 2014
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
http://services.igi-global.com/resolvedoi/resolve. ... 18/ijrqeh.2014010102 (application/pdf)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:igg:jrqeh0:v:3:y:2014:i:1:p:9-18

Access Statistics for this article

International Journal of Reliable and Quality E-Healthcare (IJRQEH) is currently edited by Anastasius Moumtzoglou

More articles in International Journal of Reliable and Quality E-Healthcare (IJRQEH) from IGI Global
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Journal Editor ().