Requests for purchasing medical equipment should be handled with the highest precision to provide the necessary tools for quality patient care. It is a crucial process where it involves different stages such as identifying the needed equipment, obtaining approvals from appropriate stakeholders and departments, and coordinating with suppliers. The traditional approach can be tedious involving extensive paperwork and multiple rounds of approvals that can delay procurement of equipment that can potentially disrupt patient care. 

To efficiently manage medical equipment purchase requests the process needs to be automated to optimize procurement and ensure the timely availability of essential equipment. Automating the purchase request process reduces manual intervention and ensures timely approvals by routing the requests to relevant approvers thus speeding up the overall process.