title: Making informed capital investment decisions for clinical technology.
abstract: Hospitals can make more-informed decisions related to clinical equipment purchases by using a variety of data sources in planning their investment strategies. Data sources generally fall into three buckets: Data that are internally generated by hospitals. Public data. Industry data that are available for purchase.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Technology Services, ARAMARK Healthcare, Charlotte, NC, USA. poplin-brian@ARAMARK.com
authors.forename: Brian
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Poplin
mesh_terms: D002201:Capital Expenditures; D003625:Data Collection; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D004389:Durable Medical Equipment; D011682:Purchasing, Hospital