Development of a Management System for Medical Equipment in Thung Kao Luang Hospital Roi-Et Province

Abstract

Purposes : To development and evaluate  a management system for medical equipment in Thung Kao Luang Hospital Roi-Et province

Study design : One-group quasi-experimental research, Pretest - Posttest Design

Materials and Methods : 40 of sample consisted of multidisciplinary practitioners involved in the use of medical . The operation consisted of preparation, operation and evaluation stages. Data were collected before and after 3 months, the multidisciplinary team's knowledge and practice test were used with Cronbach's alpha confidence values of 0.93 and 0.94, respectively, and  data were analyzed using a frequency, percentage, paired t-test, and % difference

Main findings : After intervention, the multidisciplinary team had greater knowledge of medical management services than before (p<.001) with a score greater than 0.50 (95%CI ; 0.25,0.75) on management practice. It were found that after intervention of multidisciplinary team, there were more practices in medical management than before intervention (p<.001), with more than 1.87 scores (95%CI ; 0.78,2.97) in management efficiency. Medical management found that percentage of satisfaction of medical users, there was a difference increased (20.57%) and percentage of availability of medical at different service points was increased (8.22%). Overall, the percentage difference in the efficiency of medical management increased (13.94%).

Conclusion and  recommendations : The results of this research suggest that it results in a medical management system that was appropriate for the local context and was  practical.