title: A framework of medical equipment management system for in-house clinical engineering department.
abstract: Medical equipment management is an important issue for safety and cost in modern hospital operation. In addition, the use of an efficient information system effectively promotes the managing performance. In this study, we designed a framework of medical equipment management system used for in-house clinical engineering department. The system was web-based, and it integrated clinical engineering and hospital information system components. Through related information application, it efficiently improved the operation management of medical devices immediately and continuously. This system has run in the National Taiwan University Hospital. The results showed only few examples in the error analysis of medical equipment by the maintenance sub-system. The information can be used to improve work quality, to reduce the maintenance cost, and to promote the safety of medical device used in patients and clinical staffs.
authors.affiliation: Graduate Institute of Electrical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan 100, ROC. d91921022@ntu.edu.tw
authors.forename: Chia-Hung
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Chien
authors.forename: Yi-You
authors.initials: YY
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Fok-Ching
authors.initials: FC
authors.lastname: Chong
mesh_terms: D001698:Biomedical Engineering / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004868:Equipment Failure / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004864:Equipment and Supplies / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004865:Equipment and Supplies, Hospital; D006748:Hospital Departments / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D008421:Materials Management, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013624:Taiwan; D014584:User-Computer Interface