How to Evaluate Technology to Support a Broader Strategy/Business Models in Medical Equipment Purchasing - Educational Symposia presented by United Imaging

How to Evaluate Technology to Support a Broader Strategy: In this session, Bill Algee, FAHRA, CRA, Director of Imaging Services, Columbus Regional Health, will discuss best practices for researching, selecting, and procuring new technology to support a long term objective. Using his most recent experience at Columbus Regional Health, he will share how he successfully:
*identified the need for investment in new technology;
*consolidated their objectives for their community, their internal clinical objectives, and their financial goals;
*put together an evaluation process and team;
*vetted and narrowed the list of potential vendors;
*made a final technology selection and completed the purchase.
Bill will then discuss learnings from this process that can be broadly applied, and how his final decision is helping Columbus Regional Health move towards their objectives as anticipated.

Business Models in Medical Equipment Purchasing
What works, what doesn’t, what to look for in terms of getting the most out of a capital equipment purchase.
Michael Coulter will speak to:
*supply chain issues in medical imaging technology and how to spot them
*what are the typical pitfalls or issues with business models in the industry (in medical imaging technology purchases)
*what the industry can do to overcome them
*what to look for in terms of improving ROI on a medical imaging technology purchase and how to better “future proof” the investment.