The recent ICE webinar “Reduce Capital Costs and Improve Patient Care with a Comprehensive Technology Assessment Program” sponsored by Accruent was approved by AHRA for 1.0 Category A ARRT.
In this webinar, experts Al Gresch and Patrick Trim shared a better way to optimize capital spending and avoid unnecessary expenses with a comprehensive technology assessment program. Every health care organization is faced with scarce capital funding, especially in this COVID-19 recovery period. In addition, inadequate scoping and planning of large capital acquisitions translate into even more unplanned expenses and delayed openings that hospitals cannot afford.
The presenters shared why it’s important to have a technology assessment program and how to successfully convey the benefits of the program to hospital leadership. They also discussed how to develop and structure a successful technology assessment program. The duo also presented real-life results of a director of technology assessment role.
Attendees gained additional knowledge during an informative question-and-answer session.
One question was, “Your presentation sounds great in theory, but most of us struggle with getting support from our CFO. In practice, has this worked?”
“It’s worked. I’ve done it in 2 or 3 different hospital systems,” Trim replied. “As I tried to stress in the presentation, it’s very important to have your ducks in a row. It may take three to four to five, even six months to put all this together, but it’s work that’s really needed to be able to sell it. FTEs are a premium. Everybody on this call knows that, and it’s important to have that pre-work done if you’re going to make this happen.”
“So, it’s been done,” he added. “It just takes a lot of work.”
Attendees provided feedback via a survey that included the prompt, “Give us three words to describe today’s webinar.”
“Packed with solutions,” Mammography Care Coordinator A. Harris said.
“Effective, analytical, informational,” is how Director of Radiology N. Godby described the webinar series.
“Equipment replacement justification,” said Imaging Director D. McGill.
For more information, visit ICEwebinars.live.
