Healthcare Technology Innovation Centre (HTIC), an R&D centre formed as a joint initiative of IIT Madras and Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Government of India is conducting the third International Fellowship on Health Technology Assessment (HTA) from 21-26 October, 2013 in collaboration with National Health System Resource Centre (NHSRC).
HTA is a multi-disciplinary field of policy research that examines the clinical, economic, social and ethical implications, economic incremental value, diffusion and use of a medical technology in healthcare and health systems integration. It acts as a bridge between the world of research and the decision-making process. It is a tool to improve healthcare delivery systems of India. It helps us to know how a technology can be beneficial for the society and how it can be implemented in the government system. HTA will also help to improve the patient care in terms of related legal and ethical issues.
This programme is expected to prove beneficial to healthcare related professional like biomedical and clinical engineers; students pursuing public health management and health policy courses; patient safety officers and care providers; health economists; hospital and healthcare programme managers; and professionals and providers who deal with healthcare technologies.
The fellowship will reportedly feature international and national faculty giving lectures on various facets of HTA during this week long international fellowship programme.
EH News Bureau