Our recommendation is to phase-out outside vendor
maintenance costs and increase our staffing by two
biomedical repair technicians in order to augment
the department while at the same time ensuring all
equipment is properly maintained to provide more
“hands-on” maintainers.
SWOT—Strength, Weakness, Opportunity, Threat
DEFINITION
Business Plan—A business plan describes in detail
how new and existing clinical engineering services
The vendor maintenance contract elimination will are going to perform now and in the future.
slash costs and group parts into one centralized Gap Analysis—is the comparison of actual
budget that decreases equipment down time waiting performance with potential performance.
for vendors to arrive on-site and supply us parts. It Needs analysis—is an assessment of the current
also provides for an increased utilization of departments situation or what their needs are.
equipment.
As your organizations expert and consultants on
medical equipment; an additional technician
definitely allow us to offer an even more wellrounded experienced department which is capable of
supporting this organization virtually free from
almost all outside vendor maintenance services.
Every clinical engineering business plan will lay out
your departments full story or written strategy of
priorities to include manpower, financial and For more on clinical engineering policies, check
continued operations. It defines “the big picture” of out Duke University departmental policies and
procedures.
potential costs, services, and cutbacks due to
business decisions and helps clinical engineering
directors modify decisions accordingly before final
implementation of these ideas. For example, as a
biomedical equipment technician or clinical engineer
you should always be thinking of ways to help your
hospital organization save money to reduce overall
costs. For example, it is not easy to be that guy to
step up to the plate as ask how can I help “the boss”
save money. The short answer is cut my full time
contracts so I can bring more in-house maintenance
and services but it requires initiative and hard work
on both parties in order to be successful. Lastly, once
a year the clinical engineering business plan should
be reviewed and adjusted for accuracy to keep up REFERENCE
HTMA of Ohio. “Clinical Engineering Business
with changing requirements.
Plan”.
2011.
http://ohiocea.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/busplan.
TERMS
pdf
AAAHC—Accreditation
Ambulatory Health Care
Association
FTE—Full Time Equivalent
GFCI—Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter
for
Investopedia. “Business plan definition.” Accessdate
2/20/14.
http://www.investopedia.com/terms/b/businessplan.asp