Content

Management of health technology includes all those activities and actions necessary to carry out a safe, appropriate and economic use of technology in health organizations.  This course offers an introduction to the basic (industrial engineering) principles underpinning a sound health technology management.  The focus is on policy and management aspects of health technology in hospitals, but aspects related to societal impact of this technology as well as its deployment in non-hospital environments such as home care will be discussed.
The course addresses the life cycle of technology: starting from acquisition, operations, maintenance, replacement and disposal.  This includes topics as risk analysis, inventory management, automation evaluation  and asset  life cycle optimization.  An introduction to HTA (health technology assessment) is also included.

Course material

Study cost: 1-10 euros (The information about the study costs as stated here gives an indication and only represents the costs for purchasing new materials. There might be some electronic or second-hand copies available as well. You can use LIMO to check whether the textbook is available in the library. Any potential printing costs and optional course material are not included in this price.)

Powerpoints & papers, made available on Toledo

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The course is taught and examined in English

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ex catedra + interactive discussions