Needs Assessment for Medical Devices

Original Editor -Angeliki Chorti

Top Contributors - Angeliki Chorti  

Introduction[edit | edit source]

Digital Health has brought the issue of health technologies back in the spotlight. Health technologies have always been essential for the functioning of health systems and their importance has been highlighted several times. [1]However, their selection and management, especially for medical devices has always been arbitrary. [2]

Resources[edit | edit source]

The 2011 WHO document on needs assessment for medical devices can be found in languages other than english here. (french, greek, chinese, and spanish)

References[edit | edit source]

  1. World Health Assembly resolution WHA60.29 (May 2007)
  2. WHO. Needs assessment for medical devices. June 2011. Available from: https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/44562/9789241501385-eng.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y [accessed 23/8/2023]