Dear All,
Fully agree with Michael. Perhaps we should look at access differently and
define it differently in the case of medical devices. We should look at it
not as just a physical access to a piece of hardware, but as access to
medical device benefits. With this view of access, we will embrace all
components on which getting these benefits depend. And these are not only
pure HTM issues, but also, for example, the capacity of users to use and
apply devices properly, or match of available devices with the community
health care needs and prevailing clinical practice.
This is very much like preaching for improving access to health facilities.
Physical proximity and easy access to a dilapidated health centre building
with no basic equipment, no essential drugs and completely demotivated
health worker means very little, if anything, to a patient seeking care. We
need to talk about access to services, and moreover good quality services.
With best regards.
Andrei Issakov
