Proposal of an XML Standard Protocol for Evidence-Based Medical Equipment Maintenance

Hospital environments are becoming more and more complex due to technological advancements. The allocation of resources, especially during events like the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, is becoming crucial, leading Clinical Engineering and Health Technology Management professionals to adopt evidence-based strategies for maintaining the reliability of medical equipment. Real-World Data (RWD) is leveraged to generate Real-World Evidence for assessing the effectiveness and safety of health technologies. Evidence-based maintenance, a systematic process crucial for superior healthcare services, uses empirical RWD to identify effective maintenance strategies. The study aims to propose a standardized XML schema for data exchange, linking maintenance activities with hospital systems while incorporating maintenance data classification. This approach aims to overcome data-sharing challenges while providing insights into maintenance effectiveness and assessment.