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Healthcare Technology Management Systems
Towards a New Organizational Model for Health Services
Presents a new model of organization for healthcare providers based on Healthcare Technology Management (HTM)
Rossana Rivas (Author), Luis Vilcahuamán (Author)
9780128114315, Elsevier Science
Paperback, published 19 July 2017
204 pages
23.4 x 19 x 1.4 cm, 0.43 kg
Healthcare Technology Management Systems provides a model for implementing an effective healthcare technology management (HTM) system in hospitals and healthcare provider settings, as well as promoting a new analysis of hospital organization for decision-making regarding technology. Despite healthcare complexity and challenges, current models of management and organization of technology in hospitals still has evolved over those established 40-50 years ago, according to totally different circumstances and technologies available now. The current health context based on new technologies demands working with an updated model of management and organization, which requires a re-engineering perspective to achieve appropriate levels of clinical effectiveness, efficiency, safety and quality. Healthcare Technology Management Systems presents best practices for implementing procedures for effective technology management focused on human resources, as well as aspects related to liability, and the appropriate procedures for implementation.
1. Healthcare Technology Management (HTM) and Healthcare Technology Assessment (HTA)2. Health Technology Policy and Regulation3. Human Resources and Healthcare Technology Workforces4. Healthcare Technology Planning and Acquisition5. Asset and Risk Management Related to Healthcare Technology6. Quality and Effectiveness Improvement in Hospitals: Achieving Sustained Outcomes7. Applied Research and Innovation in Healthcare Technology8. Improvement Healthcare Projects: Meeting Healthcare and Technology Challenges9. New Organizational Model for Hospitals in the New Technology Context
Subject Areas: Industrial chemistry [TDC], Biochemical engineering [TC]