Tag Archives: quality of care

Impact of HTM on Morbidity and Mortality

By admin | October 22, 2008

Dear Jennifer
I agree this is an important question. The approach we have taken is a 2-step process, i.e. linking HTM to Quality of Care (characterised as being safe, timely, patient-centered, equitable, effective and efficient – IOM, 2001) and then Quality of Care to morbidity and mortality. Also, if healthcare technologies are [...]

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Impact of HTM on Morbidity and Mortality

By admin | October 22, 2008

Hi Jennifer, Very important issue. There is very little, if any, evidence on the impact of HTM on health status and outcomes. And there are many reasons for that, particularly as the causal pathway between HTM and health outcomes is not that straightforward, and there are lots of other [...]

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how to advocate the inclusion of the technical professionals in the decision process?

By admin | July 7, 2008

Dear All

Warm greetings from a cold and miserable Cape Town. I have been
watching your interesting discussions from the sidelines with great
interest but was not able to respond due to heavy project commitments
which are now out of the way.

The initiatives that have been mentioned are very exciting – well done
to Calil, Andre, Michael and others. In [...]

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