| When buying any new equipment care needs to taken | | | | long lasting and how easy to use. |
| in what you are choosing. It is even more important | | | | These are really the main factors you should be using |
| when you are buying medical equipment. For example | | | | for choosing but it is important to look at all the |
| if you are buying some PACS imaging equipment for | | | | features to make sure that it does what you currently |
| the radiology reading rooms then it is important to | | | | need it to do and also have more things that you may |
| make sure that the budget you have is being spent | | | | like t start using in the future. It is important to try to |
| wisely. It is very important to do a lot of research into | | | | look ahead and think about whether things will change, |
| making sure that the machines that you buy are the | | | | needs will grow and more use will be made of the |
| best ones for the job, last for a long time, be reliable | | | | machine. This is not an easy thing to do but if you |
| and that they will offer good value for money. | | | | make a good guess then that is the most important |
| It is a good idea spending a significant amount of time | | | | thing. |
| finding out about what is available. Look at the prices | | | | Make sure that when you are selecting the machine |
| though, because budget is crucial and therefore | | | | that you ask the users what they think. They might |
| anything above budget can be instantly dismissed, | | | | want something like X-Ray film recycling to be possible |
| however good it looks. This should help make the | | | | and this may mean that you have to change the |
| decision making process easier. Once you have found | | | | machine you were decided on. There are a whole |
| all of the equipment in your price range, then it is a | | | | host of features that they might want and as it is for |
| good idea to read reviews of those products. You | | | | them that the machine is being bought then it is very |
| should be able to find reviews on the Internet which will | | | | important to listen to all of their suggestions. |
| give you an idea of how reliable the equipment is, how | | | | |