Managed equipment services could benefit medical sales jobs

Medical sales jobs in the European medical imaging services market could benefit from the increased financial viability of managed equipment services (MES), according to a new industry report.

The Service Opportunities for Medical Imaging Market of Europe report, from Frost & Sullivan, examined mobile imaging services, maintenance services and managed equipment services (MES), earning revenues of $6.13 billion in 2010, rising to $10.1 billion in 2017.

Frost & Sullivan's Kaavya Karunanithi said that the expansion of service portfolios to include new, customised service structures, will be critical to keeping in sync with evolving consumer needs.

"The entire value chain offered by MES providers proves itself economically viable by reducing the capital outflow when distributed over a number of years," Karunanithi said. "There has been tremendous improvement in the spectrum of services offered in the last few years."

He added that there has been an increase in the range of services offered by providers, including fixed contract deals by third party providers, asset management and financial planning, managed services, training and upgrades, managed equipment servicing and exhaustive mobile service options across all modalities,. He explained, "This reduces the costs incurred on the maintenance of hospital equipment for larger hospitals and trusts as well as saves capital investment on equipment in smaller hospitals and clinics."

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