Method and system for determining a profitability of medical-technical apparatus
First Claim
1. A method for determining economic feasibility for acquiring a further medical-technical apparatus or replacing an existing medical-technical apparatus by an operator of said existing medical-technical apparatus comprising the steps of:
- during utilization of said existing medical-technical apparatus, automatically acquiring first data describing said utilization;
automatically transmitting said first data to a central databank;
determining second data describing remuneration of said operator from said utilization of said existing medical-technical apparatus;
determining third data representing operational costs of said operator for operating said existing medical-technical apparatus;
storing said second and third data at said central databank together with said first data and accessing said first, second and third data in said central databank with an analysis device and, in said analysis device, determining a profitability of said existing medical technical apparatus dependent on said first, second and third data; and
in said analysis device, based on said first, second and third data and based on said profitability, determining a profitability for another medical-technical apparatus to be operated by said operator, selected from the group consisting of a further medical-technical apparatus and a replacement of said existing medical-technical apparatus.
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Abstract
In a method and apparatus for determining the economic feasibility for an operator to acquire a further medical-technical apparatus, or a replacement of an existing medical-technical apparatus, an analysis device has access to data representing usage of said existing medical-technical apparatus, data characterizing a remuneration of the operator from the usage of the existing medical-technical apparatus, and data representing operational costs of the operator. The analysis device determines a profitability of the existing medical-technical apparatus and dependent on that profitability, together with the aforementioned data, determines the profitability of acquiring the further device, or the replacement device.
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1. A method for determining economic feasibility for acquiring a further medical-technical apparatus or replacing an existing medical-technical apparatus by an operator of said existing medical-technical apparatus comprising the steps of:
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during utilization of said existing medical-technical apparatus, automatically acquiring first data describing said utilization;
automatically transmitting said first data to a central databank;
determining second data describing remuneration of said operator from said utilization of said existing medical-technical apparatus;
determining third data representing operational costs of said operator for operating said existing medical-technical apparatus;
storing said second and third data at said central databank together with said first data and accessing said first, second and third data in said central databank with an analysis device and, in said analysis device, determining a profitability of said existing medical technical apparatus dependent on said first, second and third data; and
in said analysis device, based on said first, second and third data and based on said profitability, determining a profitability for another medical-technical apparatus to be operated by said operator, selected from the group consisting of a further medical-technical apparatus and a replacement of said existing medical-technical apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system for determining economic feasibility of acquisition of a further medical-technical apparatus or replacement of an existing medical-technical apparatus for an operator of said existing medical-technical apparatus, comprising:
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a central databank adapted for connection to a communication network;
an existing medical-technical apparatus located at an operator and configured to automatically determine first data during usage of said existing medical-technical apparatus describing said usage, and communicating said first data to said central databank via said communication network;
said central databank also having stored therein second data describing a remuneration of said operator from said usage of said existing medical-technical apparatus, and having third data stored therein characterizing operational costs of said operator for operating said existing medical-technical apparatus; and
an analysis device having access to said central databank for determining a profitability of said existing medical-technical apparatus dependent on said first, second and third data and for determining, dependent on said profitability of said existing medical-technical apparatus and dependent on said first, second and third data, a potential profitability of another medical-technical apparatus to be operated by said operator, selected from the group consisting of a further medical-technical apparatus and a replacement for said existing medical-technical apparatus.
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10. A method for determining economic feasibility for acquiring a further medical-technical apparatus or replacing an existing medical-technical apparatus by an operator of said existing medical-technical apparatus comprising the steps of:
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during utilization of said existing medical-technical apparatus, automatically acquiring first data describing said utilization;
determining second data describing remuneration of said operator from said utilization of said existing medical-technical apparatus;
determining third data representing operational costs of said operator for operating said existing medical-technical apparatus;
storing said second and third data at said central databank together with said first data and accessing said first, second and third data in said central databank with an analysis device and, in said analysis device, determining a profitability of said existing medical technical apparatus dependent on said first, second and third data; and
in said analysis device, based on said first, second and third data and based on said profitability, determining a profitability for another medical-technical apparatus to be operated by said operator, selected from the group consisting of a further medical-technical apparatus and a replacement of said existing medical-technical apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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