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Approach of the Ministry of Health and Medical Education in the Field of Health Technology Assessment
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Seyed Jafar Hosseini   , Ahmad Fayaz-Bakhsh |
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Abstract: (2371 Views) |
Background: According to economics classic assumptions, entrance of technology in health, can transit curve of a country's production facilities by reducing costs and increasing productivity, but from one time, development of technology which is used in the field of health, despite its increase share of health in GDP, will not have a significant effect on promoting social welfare and cheap and easy access to health services. So, the permanent question is where is the limit and border for technology entrance in the health sector for improving indicators? The answer of this question has made an issue named health technology assessment as a main point in health policy, which has an important role for promoting of country's health system's resilience and its level. Health technology assessment in Iran always related to policies of Ministry of Health and Medical Education. Evaluation the approach of country's health policy structure for technology issue needs to assess performance of this ministry.
Methods: This study performed by using scientific published references and semi-structured interviews.
Results: Evaluation of health technology in Iran was performed in 5 areas including definition of technology, criteria for evaluating of technology, training of human resources, role of insurances in technology assessment and the role of new technologies.
Conclusion: Revising of the country's technology assessment model and decision-making structure regarding the entry of technology in the health sector is needed, especially considering the new types of technology in the health sector. |
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| Keywords: Biomedical Technology, Biomedical Technology Assessment, Health Information Systems |
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Received: 2020/08/5 | Accepted: 2019/12/21 | Published: 2019/12/21
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