title: Asset management: the big picture.
abstract: To develop an comprehensive asset management plan, you need, first of all, to understand the asset management continuum. A key preliminary step is to thoroughly assess the existing equipment base. A critical objective is to ensure that there are open lines of communication among the teams charged with managing the plan's various phases.
authors.affiliation: deborah.dienstadt@thermo.com
authors.forename: Deborah C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Deinstadt
mesh_terms: D002201:Capital Expenditures; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D005377:Financial Management, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D014481:United States