Biomedical Engineering Reference
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Table 9.7: Example Benefits
Beneit
Patient
Clinician
Healthcare
Provider
Society
✓
✓
✓
Treatment duration
✓
✓
Time to work
✓
✓
✓
Less referrals
✓
✓
✓
✓
Less medication
✓
✓
✓
✓
Less time in
hospital
✓
✓
Less time under GA
✓
✓
Faster detection
✓
✓
Reduces clinic time
✓
✓
Easier to assemble
prior to use
✓
✓
Easier to use
Table 9.8: Example Expansion of Benefits
To whom
Direct
Indirect
Patient
Shorter duration
Reduced trauma
Reduced exposure to GA
Patient
Less invasive
Reduced trauma
Smaller scars
Shorter time-to-work
Clinician
Easier to use
Reduced times
More quality time with patient
Greater user satisfaction
Clinician
Greater accuracy
Reduced times
Less trauma to patient
Greater user satisfaction
Better clinical outcomes
Healthcare provider
Easier to use
Lower costs
Higher throughput
Less revision
Lower litigation
Healthcare provider
Lower infection rate
Less antibiotics
Lower referral rate
Lower cost
Patient
Lower infection rate
Less antibiotics
Less trips to clinic
Shorter time-to-work
You must identify all benefits, and then quantify them in order to persuade the hospital/
healthcare provider to purchase your device. You can bet your shirt that they will want
numbers, and those numbers must be prefixed with a currency symbol!
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