Trends in Medical Equipment Repair
Medical equipment — just like any other type of complex machinery — is prone to breakdowns. Medical equipment technicians play an essential role in ensuring that equipment is safe for both clinicians and patients and provides accurate and timely results.
Medical equipment repair is closely related to medical equipment servicing. In fact, a healthcare facility’s relationship with and commitment to equipment servicing has a direct impact on the frequency with which that equipment will require repair.
Scheduled servicing means a technician has the chance to pick up on minor equipment faults before they have a chance to impact overall functioning and diagnostic capacity. It also increases the lifespan of equipment, reducing the risk of a medical facility having to pay a large sum to replace important machinery and devices.
Trends in medical equipment repair
Medical equipment repair has not always held the important place that it does today.
To start with, innovations in medical technology means that equipment is both used more frequently and is more complex in nature. These two factors combined means that equipment technicians have taken on added responsibilities over the past few decades.
In addition, healthcare facilities of all shapes and sizes have placed a high focus on cost containment in recent years. This has had a direct impact on the medical equipment repair industry. On one hand, more frequent (and scheduled) servicing means that healthcare facilities are less likely to discover unknown, substantial faults with their equipment. Such issues can mean that equipment needs to be completely replaced. Servicing, in this sense, is a great cost saving strategy.
Healthcare facilities are also increasingly looking to outsource their equipment servicing and repair as the cost of maintaining an in-house maintenance team is often too high, particularly for smaller clinics and aged-care homes.
As medical equipment becomes more automated and digitised, you can expect to see additional changes to the way the repair and servicing industries operate.
Paragon Care — committed to providing top-quality medical equipment repair services
Paragon Care is at the forefront of medical equipment repair. As an equipment provider, we understand it is as much our responsibility to provide excellent service and repair offerings as it is to supply our customers with quality equipment.
As such, we are proud to offer product, system, and application related services throughout the entire lifecycle of your asset. Our dedicated call centre is available to respond to queries during and after the sales process, and our team of over 50 trained technicians understands the importance of responding to your service requests in a timely and efficient manner.
Our servicing and repair work is carried out to manufacturer's certification, so you can be confident that your repaired equipment is providing you with accurate results.
We also understand that each healthcare facility has different needs and financial considerations. As such, we offer a broad range of contract options, enabling you to pick a level of service that fits your needs and economic situation.
Contact our friendly team today to discover more about our commitment to our customers and our medical equipment repair offerings.