Health Technology Management
The term healthcare technology management (HTM) describes the scientific and technical support of electromedical devices and clinical information technologies, and financial stewardship.1
The concept “health technology management” includes all those activities and actions necessary to carry out a safe, appropriate and economic use of technology in health organizations. The progression of technological innovation has changed many aspects of medical instrument management and related processes in order to achieve the main aims of a health technology manager, including acquisition, maintenance planning and the replacement of the medical devices in a specific environment where the continuity of services, privacy, reliability and safety are indispensable.2
Reference
*1 Justin P. McCarthy, Richard Scott, Paul Blackett, John Amoore, Fran J. Hegarty, Chapter 4 - Health Technology Management, Editor(s): Azzam Taktak, Paul Ganney, Dave Long, Paul White, Clinical Engineering, Academic Press, 2014, Pages 43-57, ISBN 9780123969613, https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-396961-3.00004-4.
*2 Miniati R, Dori F, Fregonara M. Health Technology Management [Internet]. Advanced Technologies. InTech; 2009. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/8209