
Healthcare Technology Management Systems
Towards a New Organizational Model for Health Services
- 1st Edition - July 17, 2017
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Authors: Rossana Rivas, Luis Vilcahuamán
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 1 1 4 3 1 - 5
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 1 1 5 6 0 - 2
Healthcare Technology Management Systems provides a model for implementing an effective healthcare technology management (HTM) system in hospitals and healthcare provider settings,… Read more

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Request a sales quoteHealthcare 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.
- Presents a new model for hospital organization for Clinical Engineers and administrators to implement Healthcare Technology Management (HTM)
- Understand how to implement Healthcare Technology Management (HTM) and Health Technology Assessment (HTA) within all types of organizations, including Human Resource impact, Technology Policy and Regulations, Health Technology Planning (HTP) and Acquisition, as well as Asset and Risk Management
- Transfer of knowledge from applied research in CE, HTM, HTP and HTA, from award-winning authors who are active in international health organizations such as the World Health Organization (WHO), Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), American College of Clinical Engineering (ACCE) and International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering (IFMBE)
Biomedical Engineers, Clinical Engineers, Biomechanical Engineers, and Electrical Engineers, as well as healthcare managers, researchers, heads of clinical services, medical staff, nursing staff, care technicians, consultants, and policy makers and regulatory agencies
- Edition: 1
- Published: July 17, 2017
- Imprint: Academic Press
- No. of pages: 204
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128114315
- eBook ISBN: 9780128115602
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