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By: Vikki Harmonay
Get The Most Out Of Your Medical
Imaging Equipment

2. Sensible Solutions for Refurbished Radiology
1. Managing medical imaging equipment has always been challenging. You have to deal
with staff shortages, the bottom line, patient throughput and reducing exposure risks
for staff and patients. Enter COVID-19 and all the efforts to reduce the risk of infection
and it gets harder and harder to improve productivity for your medical imaging
devices!
2. Recently, GE Healthcare hosted a “Future of Healthcare” webinar with healthcare
leaders. Topics included post-pandemic regrowth, intelligence-based technologies and
AI.

3. Sensible Solutions for Refurbished Radiology
3. Everett Cunningham, the GE Healthcare CEO in U.S. and Canada, said, “Our customers
are asking, how can you make our machines more productive—how can we interface
with patients using innovative technology?” He said he knew the technology had to be
simple. After all, the person at the other end of technology is the patient.
4. So how do you strike the ideal balance between efficacy, efficiency and experience? It
requires tools, solutions and strategies to keep machines in service and a great deal of
attention on the backend. During the pandemic, clinical engineers also have to create
and adhere to public health and infection control protocols. The good news is, there
are lots of resources to help health systems address this growing list of demands,
including diagnostics and repair, virtual training and real-time asset tracking.

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1. Remote technologies and services have created new ways that people can service
equipment. Proactive monitoring platforms augmented by predictive technology like
On Watch can check a system’s health between scheduled maintenance. That means
remote engineers can examine the systems without being physically present or having
to take the equipment out of service. Before OCIVD-19, remote diagnostics had
already enabled hospitals to reduced unplanned downtime by 35 percent. In addition,
repair times were 30 percent faster!
Remote Medical Equipment Monitoring
and Repair

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2. During COVID-19, there have been increased demands and utilization in CT, MRI,
ventilators and ultrasound fleets. As this equipment works overtime, the need for
routine maintenance and replenishment or replacement parts increases. If the
equipment has to be offline for maintenance, it reduces patient access to the
equipment. Quite a conundrum. However, specific technologies like GE Healthcare’s
TubeWatch can help keep health system operations on track by predicting imminent
tube failures days in advance. This enables maintenance engineers to order the new
tube in advance of need. In addition, patients can be rescheduled preemptively to
minimize disruptions in throughput.

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1. Interest in Telemedicine has grown exponentially since the emergence of COVID-19.
Adventist Health Chief Business Officer John Beaman said, “Some of what we’ve seen
here in the short-term is the glimpse of what is with us for the long-term in health
care. With COVID-19, we’ve seen a glimpse of the future, where hospitals will treat the
sickest of the sick, with others cared for in the home environment.”
Virtual Training for Engineers and
Clinicians

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2. When demand for ventilators went up drastically during COVID-19, and hospitals were
receiving shipments of new ones, it was difficult for operators to find the time to be
trained and get up to speed with the new technologies. With distance learning,
hospitals could take advantage of on-demand technical training resources to educate
their in-house teams on installation, preventative maintenance and service. The ability
to ask questions of manufacturers in real time enabled in-house teams to learn and
operate equipment with confidence.

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• Hospitals can utilize asset tracking with real-time location systems technology, so
equipment can be easily found. This prevents medical teams from hoarding equipment.
After all, if you know where the equipment is, it’s easier to provide timely cleaning and
repairs and return equipment to service.
Track Equipment With Real-Time
Location Systems

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• By utilizing these three strategies for efficiency, it can be easier to keep your equipment
up and running even in the midst of demanding situations like the pandemic.
• If you are in the market for medical imaging equipment, be sure to talk to an expert
about refurbished and used options. You’ll get the performance you want, the
maintenance and service warranties you need and at a price that’s kinder to your
budget. Talk to an expert at Atlantis Worldwide.
• For more information, contact Atlantis Worldwide today!
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