August 3, 2012 at 21:03Health Printer Upgrade Printers
I work as an administrator in a municipal clinic, I run the italks community “IT in medicine: Irkutsk and Irkutsk region” (there is a jabber-conf , VK , a blog , a mailing list and even a phone book). I came here in 2010 for 2 introductions: electronic medical records and an “electronic” record for specialists. Medicine is a very promising area for implementation, everything works out and therefore I like it very much)
The beginning of work in a new place was at the beginning of the "Program for the modernization of health care in the Irkutsk region for 2011-2012." I was immediately interested in several points: the creation of a LAN of the institution, the development of MIS (medical information system) and the acquisition of equipment (personal computers, printers, servers). We ourselves were engaged in the development and coordination of LAN projects, and the regional Ministry of Health took over the development of IIAs and centralized procurement of equipment through an auction.
In order to be able to influence the choice of equipment that comes to me, I was quite active. I managed to enter the commission on choosing the configuration of PCs, servers, and attended several meetings with city, regional and federal MIS developers (it is very informative! It is always useful to compare your idea of medical informatization with that of other specialists). Only the discussion of printers was closed for participation.
In March, it became known that the ministerial auction will receive the entire area Xerox Phaser 3010 and Xerox WorkCentre 3045B. And me too. I was upset.
Briefly: these 2 models are such LED home appliances, with a resource of 30,000 pages, buggy and not amenable to refilling. 300-700 page starter cartridge. The cost of 1 page = 1 ruble for the entire life of the device. In a year, one such toy will “eat” 25t.r. for consumption, and then die and cheaper to buy a new one than to repair. For a year you can buy 2 HP P2055 with this money, or with a surcharge of Xerox WorkCentre 5016 (we don’t take into account the dimensions, but both “analogs” definitely have more uses with us) along with a set of consumables (including drum unit for 5016B) . For the cost of 5 years of operation 3010x, we could already buy 4 HP P2055, or as many as 2 Xerox WorkCentre 5016B along with a set of consumables for all 5 years.
After 2 weeks of reflection, I pulled myself together and wrote this comparative analysis, with detailed calculations and illustrations:
A comparative analysis and cost of ownership calculation for Xerox Phaser 3010 printers received under the healthcare modernization program, with analogues from other manufacturers.
On occasion, I tried to distribute it as possible more broadly: IT community in medicine, department, ministry, TFOMS. IMHO before the delivery of equipment there was a chance to change something else. But in May 2012, equipment in the amount of 1310 units was delivered to all institutions in the region. I now have 15 of these LEDs in stock. And someone has 150, they did not even unpack, for it is pointless. A month later, all printers installed on the posts ran out of toner. We just put them in a closet and put them in a pyramidXerox-a at the wall.
Health care is not as impoverished as education, we have a working economic model for compulsory medical insurance and voluntary medical insurance, we can afford to buy new equipment every quarter. We do not need “modernization” handouts, for 5 years we are able to renew the entire fleet of equipment using our own resources. Instead of ruining expensive toner for the 3010x, we ordered 2pcs of HP P2055, repaired some of the old equipment, and optimized the layout of the existing printer fleet.
PS: a week ago, once again raised the question on the occasion of the press conference of the Minister of HealthIrkutsk region, and today the answer has come. The ministry suddenly began to see, a storm of indignation arose, my cherished desire to punish those responsible for the “crooked” design of the terms of reference and lobbying for the interests of certain suppliers, the ministry decided to fulfill, but with a reservation to fire me myself) ... There is room to leave, but I'm still waiting for Monday without any mood. True, now, "according to the most reliable rumors" there is a chance that they will give additional funding for new printers ... It's funny)
UPD: due to the large number of people who want to join our group "IT in medicine: Irkutsk and Irkutsk region", I created a new group for communication of medical specialistsnationwide. By tradition, the group is open for the first 2 weeks, all materials are connected, you can freely add and add your content. If it will be useful to many, it will grow into something more. I transfer to it the hottest questions from italks, and a consolidated archive of documents. Add and connect colleagues to the matrix)
The beginning of work in a new place was at the beginning of the "Program for the modernization of health care in the Irkutsk region for 2011-2012." I was immediately interested in several points: the creation of a LAN of the institution, the development of MIS (medical information system) and the acquisition of equipment (personal computers, printers, servers). We ourselves were engaged in the development and coordination of LAN projects, and the regional Ministry of Health took over the development of IIAs and centralized procurement of equipment through an auction.
In order to be able to influence the choice of equipment that comes to me, I was quite active. I managed to enter the commission on choosing the configuration of PCs, servers, and attended several meetings with city, regional and federal MIS developers (it is very informative! It is always useful to compare your idea of medical informatization with that of other specialists). Only the discussion of printers was closed for participation.
In March, it became known that the ministerial auction will receive the entire area Xerox Phaser 3010 and Xerox WorkCentre 3045B. And me too. I was upset.
Briefly: these 2 models are such LED home appliances, with a resource of 30,000 pages, buggy and not amenable to refilling. 300-700 page starter cartridge. The cost of 1 page = 1 ruble for the entire life of the device. In a year, one such toy will “eat” 25t.r. for consumption, and then die and cheaper to buy a new one than to repair. For a year you can buy 2 HP P2055 with this money, or with a surcharge of Xerox WorkCentre 5016 (we don’t take into account the dimensions, but both “analogs” definitely have more uses with us) along with a set of consumables (including drum unit for 5016B) . For the cost of 5 years of operation 3010x, we could already buy 4 HP P2055, or as many as 2 Xerox WorkCentre 5016B along with a set of consumables for all 5 years.
After 2 weeks of reflection, I pulled myself together and wrote this comparative analysis, with detailed calculations and illustrations:
A comparative analysis and cost of ownership calculation for Xerox Phaser 3010 printers received under the healthcare modernization program, with analogues from other manufacturers.
On occasion, I tried to distribute it as possible more broadly: IT community in medicine, department, ministry, TFOMS. IMHO before the delivery of equipment there was a chance to change something else. But in May 2012, equipment in the amount of 1310 units was delivered to all institutions in the region. I now have 15 of these LEDs in stock. And someone has 150, they did not even unpack, for it is pointless. A month later, all printers installed on the posts ran out of toner. We just put them in a closet and put them in a pyramid
Health care is not as impoverished as education, we have a working economic model for compulsory medical insurance and voluntary medical insurance, we can afford to buy new equipment every quarter. We do not need “modernization” handouts, for 5 years we are able to renew the entire fleet of equipment using our own resources. Instead of ruining expensive toner for the 3010x, we ordered 2pcs of HP P2055, repaired some of the old equipment, and optimized the layout of the existing printer fleet.
PS: a week ago, once again raised the question on the occasion of the press conference of the Minister of HealthIrkutsk region, and today the answer has come. The ministry suddenly began to see, a storm of indignation arose, my cherished desire to punish those responsible for the “crooked” design of the terms of reference and lobbying for the interests of certain suppliers, the ministry decided to fulfill, but with a reservation to fire me myself) ... There is room to leave, but I'm still waiting for Monday without any mood. True, now, "according to the most reliable rumors" there is a chance that they will give additional funding for new printers ... It's funny)
UPD: due to the large number of people who want to join our group "IT in medicine: Irkutsk and Irkutsk region", I created a new group for communication of medical specialistsnationwide. By tradition, the group is open for the first 2 weeks, all materials are connected, you can freely add and add your content. If it will be useful to many, it will grow into something more. I transfer to it the hottest questions from italks, and a consolidated archive of documents. Add and connect colleagues to the matrix)