Despite their importance for the proper operation of both care and non-care services, there
are no models in the literature analysing the choice of the most suitable maintenance …

BACKGROUND: Medical equipment plays an important role in the diagnosis, treatment, and
medical education, and each year the major share of hospital costs (about 5%–15 …

Sensing, communication, computation, and control technologies are facilitating smart
healthcare to improve efficiency and effectiveness of medical treatment and care. This study …

In the current literature, there are a clear lack of systems to assist in making decisions about
the renewal of technology for healthcare equipment, which means that the limited capacity to …

Systems that supply medicinal gases—oxygen, nitrous oxide and medical air—serve all care
units of a hospital; for example, they feed distribution systems for operating theatres …

Background The real-world application of maintenance in organisations brings together a
number of maintenance policies in order to achieve the desired availability, efficiency and …

The goal of this paper is to summarize the current literature on maintenance management,
optimization techniques of medical equipment in healthcare facilities and try to critique the …

Medical equipment maintenance is crucial for enhancing availability, ensuring healthcare
quality, and achieving patient satisfaction. However, research in medical equipment …

Reliable and successful maintenance management system is needed to achieve the best
system with lowest costs. The lack of proper medical devices maintenance management in …

Résumé For any organization, maintenance is considered as one of the most essential
logistics activities and plays a vital role in the production phase. Due to the rapid advance in …