Institutional healthcare provider · Medical technology
Medical equipment planning programme
Equipment needs assessment, vendor-neutral specification and lifecycle planning across an existing hospital estate.
Challenge
The situation
An institutional provider held a substantial installed equipment base with no reliable asset register, no funded maintenance regime and a material share of devices out of service. Replacement decisions were being made without knowing what was already owned.
Medical technology
Scope
- Condition, utilisation and serviceability assessment of installed equipment
- Technology-needs assessment against clinical service plans
- Vendor-neutral technical specifications for competitive tender
- Maintenance strategy and asset-management system design
Approach
How we worked
Physical asset audit and register construction
Clinical consultation on requirement and utilisation
Total cost of ownership analysis across the asset life
Development of planned preventive maintenance and spares planning
Workstreams
How the engagement was structured
- Asset assessment
- Inventory, condition, downtime history and utilisation.
- Specification
- Neutral technical specifications and evaluation criteria.
- Lifecycle planning
- Replacement programme and capital sequencing.
- Maintenance capability
- Biomedical engineering structure, tooling and training.
Outcome
Where it stands
Client identity and commercial outcomes are held under confidentiality. References for comparable engagements can be arranged on request.
Practices involved
Next step
Planning something comparable?
We can discuss how an engagement of this type would be scoped for your institution, and arrange a client reference where one is available.