| There is a whole process that hospitals must go | | | | where they discuss the cost efficiency and benefit |
| through before they purchase one piece of hospital | | | | that it would give to the hospital as a whole. This would |
| equipment. They do this process for several different | | | | involve more staff including the accountants. The |
| reasons and it can involve many different departments | | | | acquisition is the next phase of the process and |
| of the hospital. They have to make sure that every | | | | involves the creating of the proposals for the medical |
| piece of equipment that they buy is up to the | | | | equipment, the purchasing negotiations with the medical |
| standards of the technology that they are using at the | | | | equipment company that they have decided to buy |
| time in order to give the best and most accurate | | | | from, the preparation of the contract, and finally the |
| information to their patients that they can. They must | | | | contract award which gives the medical company the |
| also stick within their budget in order to keep the | | | | green light in order to deliver the purchased equipment |
| hospital up and running. | | | | to the hospital. |
| The process of purchasing hospital equipment starts | | | | This whole process that the hospital goes through in |
| off with strategic planning. This task is usually taken on | | | | order to purchase medical equipment is a fairly long |
| by the higher ranking staff of the hospital. This is | | | | process and can take some time, but if everything is |
| where they brainstorm in order to identify the types of | | | | not thought of properly, they could spend a lot of |
| services that the hospital offers and what types of | | | | money on a piece of equipment that is not very useful |
| equipment would they be able to purchase that would | | | | to the services that they give. Technology is the key |
| compliment those services in order to make them | | | | word in this process along with the patient's welfare |
| better. They need to research on new innovative | | | | being the main concern. The hospital staff needs to |
| technology that is available to them to determine if it | | | | make sure that the equipment will not only help to |
| would be best for the services that they provide. They | | | | make their services more efficient and up-to-date, but |
| need to constantly be up-to-date on the new | | | | also that the equipment will be cost effective for them |
| technologies that are out on the market. | | | | and the patient. |
| They then need to go into the assessment phase | | | | |