Buying Stuff in Hospitals (OR Inefficiencies and risks in medical device purchasing practice)

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• Saba Hinrichs (Engineering Design Centre)
• Wednesday 24 February 2010, 16:30-17:30
• arthur marshall's meeting room (next to EDC loft), Inglis Building, Engineering Department.

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If you have ever wondered how that piece of equipment reached the ward or clinic you visited, here is some insight into the decision-making processes that took place. These decisions involve the engagement of different stakeholders as well as balancing clinical, technical and financial requirements. Failure to consider these requirements can lead to wider consequences in the delivery of care. The presentation is based on a small study which first builds a general knowledge base of current purchasing practice in a sample of NHS Trusts. This then leads to an analysis to identify inefficiencies in the purchasing process, and how such practice can lead to risks in the delivery of care. The existence of these risks themselves are of no surprise, but the insights gathered about the stakeholders and processes involved might be news to some.

This talk is part of the Engineering Design Centre series.

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