System and Method to Service Medical Equipment
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1. A system comprising:
- a memory device having a plurality of routines stored therein; and
a processor configured to execute the plurality of routines stored in the one or more memory devices, the plurality of routines comprising;
a routine to collect service event data corresponding to one or more failure modes from a population of medical devices disposed at one or more healthcare facilities;
a routine to analyze the service event data in accordance with a reliability growth model to detect a trend in occurrences of the one or more failure modes; and
a routine to output a report including at least one of the following;
an indication of the detected trend, an indication of a predicted future client demand for service of the population of devices attributable to the one or more failure modes based at least in part on the detected trend, or a recommended resource allocation based at least in part on the predicted future client demand.
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Abstract
A system and method to facilitate service delivery to a client is provided. In one embodiment, a system may collect service event data corresponding to one or more failure modes from a population of devices and analyze the service event data in accordance with a reliability growth model to detect a trend in occurrences of the one or more failure modes. The system may also predict future client demand for service of the population of devices attributable to the one or more failure modes based at least in part on the detected trend, and generate a report indicating at least one of the detected trend or the predicted future client demand.
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1. A system comprising:
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a memory device having a plurality of routines stored therein; and a processor configured to execute the plurality of routines stored in the one or more memory devices, the plurality of routines comprising; a routine to collect service event data corresponding to one or more failure modes from a population of medical devices disposed at one or more healthcare facilities; a routine to analyze the service event data in accordance with a reliability growth model to detect a trend in occurrences of the one or more failure modes; and a routine to output a report including at least one of the following;
an indication of the detected trend, an indication of a predicted future client demand for service of the population of devices attributable to the one or more failure modes based at least in part on the detected trend, or a recommended resource allocation based at least in part on the predicted future client demand. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method comprising the steps of:
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collecting service event data corresponding to one or more failure modes from a population of devices disposed at one or more client locations; analyzing the service event data, via a computer, in accordance with a reliability growth model to detect a trend in occurrences of the one or more failure modes; predicting future client demand for service of the population of devices attributable to the one or more failure modes based at least in part on the detected trend; and outputting a report including at least one of an indication of the detected trend or an indication of the predicted future client demand. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A manufacture comprising:
a computer-readable medium having executable instructions stored thereon, the executable instructions comprising; instructions to collect data from one or more medical facilities; instructions to analyze the data in accordance with a reliability growth model to detect a trend in the data; and instructions adapted to output a report including at least one of the following;
an indication of the detected trend, an indication of predicted future service demand based at least in part on the detected trend, or a suggested resource allocation based at least in part on the predicted future service demand.- View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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