Decision process model to the health technology incorporation

Abstract

This study shows a decision model to the indicators acquisition in hospital medical equipment incorporation, based on three domains: decision making, technology assessment and Health Technology (HT) incorporation. When decision making is concerned, an analysis, synthesis and valuation context are approached, as well as the relation to the ways of making both being reflective or deliberate decision. The technology assessment domain corresponds to the choice and applying of multi-criteria methods in supporting the decision, such as: Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP), Multi-Attribute Failure Mode Analysis (MAFMA), Elimination and Choice Translating Reality (ELECTRE) among others. On the other hand, the HT incorporation domain, the stages of incorporation of HT, which are divided in planning, proposal production and receiving, installation and management. From all of this, a supporting model to the decision to create indicators within the HT incorporation process, as well as to the HT management was obtained. The modeling of the incorporation process, through architecture of three domains, aids the Clinical Engineering need in managing of the medical hospital technology intending to an adequate usage. With the proposed methodology, one can obtain indicators to assist decision making in the process of HT incorporation.

Methods of Multi-Criteria Analysis in Technology Selection and Technology Assessment: A Systematic Literature Review

“…Within the search results, documents related to healthcare technologies or health constitute almost 30 % in WoS and around 14 % in Scopus. There are many developed HTA models or methodologies (Karatas et al, 2018;Improta et al, 2018;Santos & Garcia, 2010;Lasorsa et al, 2019). A considerable part of studies focuses on patient preferences (Marsh, Caro, Hamed, Zaiser, 2017;van Overbeeke et al, 2021;Mühlbacher & Juhnke, 2016;Hummel et al, 2012;Danner et al, 2011;Badia et al, 2019), or other stakeholders (hospital employees, managers, etc.)…”

Multicriteria Decision Analysis: A Multifaceted Approach to Medical Equipment Management

“…Paired comparisons are easy to perform (Charouz, Ramík 2010;Linkov et al 2006b). Targeted at comparison of real choices (Santos, Garcia 2010).…”

Health technology assessment to improve the medical equipment life cycle management

“…A conceptual approach is used in the strategic level which is formed by the decision making domains, technology assessment and medical equipment incorporation [6]. A detailed proposol presenting the criteria and the relationship between the domains of strategic level is carried out in tactical leval.…”