Using quality improvement to manage the installation of capital equipment.
The traditional process for capital equipment installation in healthcare settings is often not managed to maximum effectiveness. Cost overruns from unplanned construction or from construction change orders are frequently caused by breakdowns in communications between architects, equipment vendors, building contractors, and managers of healthcare services. Through the use of a continuous quality improvement philosophy, it is possible to redefine the installation process and thereby enable the healthcare facility to streamline the costs of capital acquisition.
Alton Ochsner Medical Foundation, New Orleans.
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D000792:Angiography / Q000191:economics / Q000295:instrumentation; D002201:Capital Expenditures / Q000592:standards*; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000191:economics / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005160:Facility Design and Construction / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods*; D008145:Louisiana; D009096:Multi-Institutional Systems / Q000458:organization & administration; D010934:Planning Techniques; D012107:Research Design; D013675:Technology, High-Cost / Q000592:standards; D017749:Total Quality Management / Q000458:organization & administration*