Best-Practice in Healthcare Technology Management

Improved Quality of Care through better Technology Management

in support of … Quality Healthcare Delivery                         Building competency                 Sharing experience         Gathering evidence Promoting awareness

Healthcare Technology Management (HTM) is an emerging area of multi-disciplinary activity, in support of quality healthcare delivery and improved patient safety. The HTM Framework proposed here  (see 'HTM Framework' page) includes many of the activities associated with clinical engineering and complements health technology assessment (HTA) and medical device regulatory processes and activities. HTM is defined as "the goal of optimising the acquisition and utilisation of healthcare technologies and other physical assets" and comprises four major processes: Planning and Procurement (as part of Acquisition) and Asset Management and Risk Management (as part of Utilisation). HTM  includes: making the right technologies available (effectiveness); in full functionality (performance); with minimal risk to patients and health workers (safety); while reducing systemic inefficiencies and associated wastage and aims to: Maximise Access, Availability and Utilisation      while Minimising Cost, Inefficiency and Risk   associated with healthcare technologies.

This site was developed as a resource to support the 'HTM Best-Practice' Campaign