Clinical Engineering Benchmarking Comparison Between Zhejiang Province and American Hospitals

作     者：Binseng Wang Kun Zheng Jing-yi Feng 

作者机构：Sundance SolutionsWhite PlainsNY10601USA & Milwaukee School of Engineering Clinical Engineering DepartmentSchool of MedicineChildren's Hospital of Zhejiang University Department of Clinical EngineeringSchool of MedicineFirst Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University 

出 版 物：《中国医疗设备》 (China Medical Devices)

年 卷 期：2016年第31卷第7期

页      面：1-5页

学科分类：0831[工学-生物医学工程（可授工学、理学、医学学位）] 08[工学] 

主　　题：clinical engineering performance benchmarking Zhejiang province hospitals American hospitals 

摘      要：Clinical engineering(CE) has evolved rapidly over the last 25 years in China. Among the 34 provincial-level administrative units within China, the Zhejiang Province is one of the most advanced in terms of healthcare technology maintenance and management. In order to determine Zhejiang s current stage of development and opportunities for further improvement, a comparison of the performance of its CE departments was made against hospitals in the USA. Data were collected from 21 Zhejiang hospitals and compared to those from 270 acute-care hospitals in USA collected by Truven Health Analytics. The benchmarking comparison was made in three categories: operational, financial, and productivity. Within the operational category, the following metrics were compared: equipment inventory size/operating beds, annual repairs/inventory size, and annual scheduled maintenance/inventory size. Within the Financial category, the following metrics were compared: total CE expense/operating beds and total CE expense/total hospital expense. Within the Productivity category, the following metrics were compared: total CE full-time equivalent(FTE)/inventory size and total CE FTE/total hospital expense. These comparisons showed that:(1) While the equipment inventory in Zhejiang tends to be much smaller than USA for hospitals of comparable amount of operating beds, the numbers of repairs and scheduled maintenance per inventory size are similar;(2) The total CE expense/total hospital expense ratio is around 1% in both Zhejiang and USA; however, the total CE expense/operating beds and total CE expense/cost of equipment inventory are significantly lower in Zhejiang than USA;(3) The FTE amount in Zhejiang is significantly higher than in USA relative to both inventory size and total hospital operating expense, but significantly lower relative to the number of operating beds. The fact that repairs and scheduled maintenance are similar in Zhejiang and USA shows that CE leaders are managing equipment i