Improving Efficiencies of island-based EBME Departments through Asset Tracking: An investigative cost-benefit analysis

This research study attempts to explore how implementing asset tracking technology may address the specific operational challenges faced by island-based Electro-Biomedical Engineering (EBME) departments providing insights into the unique equipment management issues and assess the technology’s potential to mitigate these challenges and improve efficiency. Following collection of data, through interviews and surveys of island-based EBME staff members, to substantiate a thorough literary review, the research results indicate several challenges pertaining specifically to island-based EBME departments as well as a clear perception amongst department members that the technology could provide a solution to many of them. The study concludes that, whilst asset tracking implementation has the potential to assist in many operational areas, perhaps the main benefit to island-based EBME departments is in its capacity to mitigate or remove some of the high operational costs associated with geographically remote locations.