Medical equipment purchasing: how can it be made efficient and economical?
Over the years, hospital purchasing groups have been able to realize significant savings for their member hospitals on a variety of supplies. One area where they have weak historically, however, is in capital equipment; specifically, advanced diagnostic and clinical hardware. Authors Dillman and Holzman suggest reasons for this weakness and recommend some possible solutions.
D002201:Capital Expenditures / Q000379:methods*; D004467:Economics / Q000379:methods*; D004865:Equipment and Supplies, Hospital / Q000191:economics*; D006755:Hospital Shared Services; D011682:Purchasing, Hospital / Q000379:methods*