Computerized Maintenance Management System for Medical Equipment (CMMS)

Abstract

Hospitals and health care organizations possess a large number of medical devices and equipment, most of these devices and equipment are very complex and designed with modern technology, the evolution of biomedical technology has led to an extraordinary use of medical devices in health care delivery. During the last decade, clinical engineering departments (CEDs) turned toward computerization and application of specific software systems for medical equipment management in order to improve their services and monitor outcomes. Hospitals must ensure that their critical medical devices are safe, accurate, reliable and operating at the required level of performance. Equipment should be properly maintained and kept in a good running condition in order that they fulfill the objectives for which they were purchased.

In this study, A prototype system has been designed by using “ODOO” formerly known as Open source Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), addressing all CEDs tasks for maintenance management of medical equipment. The system architecture is based on select and installs suitable modules integrated and connected together each one addressing specific predefined tasks.

The main features of this system include equipment acquisition management, inventory archiving and monitoring, follow up on scheduled maintenance, corrective maintenance, monitoring of staff performance, data analysis, and reports.

Implementation of this system improved the effective management of medical equipment with significant benefits related to cost-efficiency and safety and offered clinical engineers the ability to monitor and evaluate the quality and cost-effectiveness of the service provided by means of quality and cost indicators.