Evaluation of Medical Device Aging and Replacement Decisions within Hospital Environments: A User-Centered Approach
Medical device obsolescence significantly affects patient safety and healthcare operations. Therefore, the maintenance plans for medical devices should focus on clinical factors. Moreover, a more systematic medical device replacement system must be established, prioritizing the factors according to the occupations of medical workers.
Authors
- Sewon Park (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2661-7020)
- Gihong Seo
- Munjae Lee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9781-4187)
- Mihajlo Jakovljević
- Yoonseo Park (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1038-9836)
- Haeng-Jun Lee
- Eunji Kim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4857-521X)
Institutions
- University of Kragujevac (RS)
- Shaanxi University of Technology (CN)
- The World Academy of Sciences (IT)
- The Medical Device (United Kingdom) (GB)
- Yeungnam University (KR)
- Ajou University (KR)
- Sungkyunkwan University (KR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Risk Management and Healthcare Policy
- Published
- 2025-07-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2147/rmhp.s478245
- Primary Topic
- Quality and Safety in Healthcare
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Research Foundation
- Ministry of Education
- Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy
- Korea Institute for Advancement of Technology
- National Research Foundation of Korea