title: Managing medical technology in Australia's health care systems - planning, prioritisation and procurement.
abstract: The management of medical technology raises a range of complex issues including those associated with planning, prioritisation, and procurement. In Australia there is a significant and developing interest at National, State, and Hospital levels in issues relating to the effective management of medical technology, with drivers including service planning & cost management, access & equity, and factors associated with the ongoing use of old equipment. Surveys undertaken by the authors and reported elsewhere have now been used to develop a 5 year equipment replacement and procurement model to predict required funding levels. Survey data is also used to assist in the prioritisation of equipment and to identify centralised purchasing opportunities. The data also provides metrics to record the effectiveness of funding programs.
authors.affiliation: Monash University Centre for Biomedical Engineering, Department of Electrical & Computer Systems Engineering, Monash University, Australia. Ian.Brown@eng.monash.edu.au
authors.forename: Ian
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Smale
authors.forename: Matthew
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wong
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia; D020811:Biomedical Technology; D002201:Capital Expenditures; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D006285:Health Planning; D006298:Health Services Administration; D006801:Humans; D007256:Information Systems; D013677:Medical Laboratory Science; D009313:National Health Programs; D011682:Purchasing, Hospital; D013673:Technology Assessment, Biomedical