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D H Bluemke

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PubMed1995

Long-term service contracts may not be advantageous.

Equipment maintenance costs in healthcare organizations often are the second highest operating costs in departments such as radiology. Savvy financial managers are beginning to understand that much of their organizations' equipment may be under long-term service contracts that are hard to break and that can prevent an organization from saving money. Financial managers should carefully consider their organizations' long-term maintenance goals before entering into such service contracts.

Contract Services↗
PubMed1993

Cost reduction programs for capital asset management.

Mr. Bluemke argues that healthcare institutions should include capital asset management in their CQI/TQM programs to gain the best cost reduction from those programs. He cites a recent survey of hospital executives that asked which of the potential benefits of capital asset management programs would have the most value for their institutions. Mr. Bluemke believes that cost reduction can be better achieved by hospitals finding more efficient ways of doing business than through government intervention.

Attitude of Health Personnel↗
PubMed1989

How to bring equipment maintenance costs under control.

As healthcare organizations strive to control equipment maintenance costs, they should discard service options that create unnecessary expense. Saving money begins with an organized effort to review current upkeep expenses, compare them with other organizations, and make purchasing decisions based in part on servicing costs.

Cost Control↗