Incorporation of medical equipment planning in healthcare facility construction project: a review

Abstract

Medical equipment planning is important to ensure the right equipment that fits the right goals is selected, purchased, delivered and commissioned within the right cost and at a right time in accordance with the project build programme. However, it is often delayed or worst neglected during the construction of the healthcare facility. This paper hence appraises the incorporation of medical equipment planning in healthcare facility construction project. Via literature review, it is found that maximizing medical equipment planning at the initial stage of the project will contribute to less changes and costly mistakes hence making the healthcare facility construction a long-lasting success.