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<Articles JournalTitle="Iranian Journal of Public Health">
  <Article>
    <Journal>
      <PublisherName>Tehran University of Medical Sciences</PublisherName>
      <JournalTitle>Iranian Journal of Public Health</JournalTitle>
      <Issn>2251-6085</Issn>
      <Volume>49</Volume>
      <Issue>1</Issue>
      <PubDate PubStatus="epublish">
        <Year>2020</Year>
        <Month>01</Month>
        <Day>07</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </Journal>
    <title locale="en_US">The Performance Evaluation Mechanism Based on Information Construction for Large Stand-Alone Medical Equipment and Its Support for Decision-Making of Purchasing</title>
    <FirstPage>37</FirstPage>
    <LastPage>45</LastPage>
    <AuthorList>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Qing</FirstName>
        <LastName>LU</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Xuzhou Central Hospital, Xuzhou 221009, P.R. China</affiliation>
      </Author>
    </AuthorList>
    <History>
      <PubDate PubStatus="received">
        <Year>2020</Year>
        <Month>01</Month>
        <Day>07</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </History>
    <abstract locale="en_US">Background: Continuously deeper reform of public hospitals has put forward the need to innovate the philosophy and system of large medical equipment operation and management, and the phenomenon featuring &#x201C;more attention to purchasing and less attention to management&#x201D; need to be turned around.
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Methods: This research took use of information management to set up ID fields (unique number) for target stand-alone equipment; integrated statistics functions of HIS, PACS, LIS, RIS and equipment management system to get the basic operation data; informationized the work flow and reform technology to set up a post evaluation indictor system for the performance of stand-alone equipment; compared the service condition of newly purchased equipment with the feasibility application of relative department from various dimensions; designed objective post-evaluation indicators from various angles to scientifically manage existing medical equipment and support decision-making of new application for purchasing medical equipment.
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Results: Application performance of stand-alone equipment and clinical departments were ranked in a standardized manner. Decision-making mode based on data case of stand-alone equipment was set up. Net present value was evaluated. However, re-purchasing the instrument did not continuously increase the contribution of each instrument. The laboratory can purchase new instruments again, while the imaging department is not recommended to purchase.
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Conclusion: The performance evaluation mechanism based on information construction for large stand-alone medical equipment and its support for decision-making of purchasing is of great significance to improve the service life of equipment, exert the maximum effect and reduce economic waste.</abstract>
    <web_url>https://ijph.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijph/article/view/19357</web_url>
    <pdf_url>https://ijph.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijph/article/download/19357/6628</pdf_url>
  </Article>
</Articles>
