Main description:

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.

Contents:

1. Healthcare Technology Management (HTM) and Healthcare Technology Assessment (HTA) 2. Health Technology Policy and Regulation 3. Human Resources and Healthcare Technology Workforces 4. Healthcare Technology Planning and Acquisition 5. Asset and Risk Management Related to Healthcare Technology 6. Quality and Effectiveness Improvement in Hospitals: Achieving Sustained Outcomes 7. Applied Research and Innovation in Healthcare Technology 8. Improvement Healthcare Projects: Meeting Healthcare and Technology Challenges 9. New Organizational Model for Hospitals in the New Technology Context