1 / 7

Establishment of Unit for Medical Devices and Systems at Ministry of Health in Albania

This success story describes the structural organization at the Ministry of Health in Albania regarding medical devices, from before the establishment of the unit to the present. It highlights the duties and responsibilities of the unit, outcomes achieved, and future action plans.

hunters
Download Presentation

Establishment of Unit for Medical Devices and Systems at Ministry of Health in Albania

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Unit for Medical Systems and Devices at Ministry of Health Submitted by Name: Ledina Picari Affiliation: CED Collaborator Location: Tirana, Albania E-mail address for contact: ledinapicari@yahoo.com

  2. Country Estimates in Brief Global CE / HTM Success Stories

  3. Structural organisation at Ministry of Health of Albania regarding the medical devices - BEFORE • No department or unit for medical devices before 2010 • 2004 – One electronic engineer in the Department of Procurement and Investment, employed as Procurement Specialist: Main tasks: - Preparation of technical specifications for the medical devices - Evaluation of bids to define the compliance with the technical specifications • 2009 – One biomedical engineer at Hopital Planning Department (I applied to be transferred to Hopital Planning Department. This new position was the first step towards the establishment of the future Unit) Main tasks: • Defing priorities and planning the supply of hospitals with medical devices • Preparing technical specifications and participation in the evaluation committees - Distribution of medical devices, donated by various filantropic associations - Inspection of their functionality and other issues related to medical devices Global CE / HTM Success Stories

  4. Country's Health Technology ProgramWhat we did... Structural organisation at Ministry of Health of Albania regarding the medical devices - NOW From 2010 - Management and Standartisation of Health Technologies Unit established as part of Hospital Planning Department, now Unit for Medical Devices and Systems as part of Information Technology and Medical Systems Department - Head of the Unit is a Biomedical Engineer - The Unit is responsible for the overall supervision of medical devices in the health care sector. - The mission of the Unit is to increase patient and user safety through policies and action plans. Global CE / HTM Success Stories

  5. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE UNIT • Design of laws and sub-laws, orders of the Minister, policy documents, recommendations and guidelines regarding the use, management and maintenance of medical devices as part of policy making process • Preparation and/or approval of medical devices technical specifications, aiming the standardisation of the health technology used in public hospitals in the country. • Wholesale and retail distribution authorisation provision for the economic operators. • Management and participation in the process of the adverse event reporting process • Preparation of the process of medical device recalls or limitation in their use when incidents related to safety are encountered • Participation in working groups for health technology budget planning. • Participation in procurement procedures when complex and sophisticated technology is procured centrally (CT’s, MRI’s, etc.) at Ministry of Health. • Defining actions for improvement of health systems functionality in accordance with Ministry of Health health policies Global CE / HTM Success Stories

  6. Outcomes • The first Albanian Law on Medical Devices No. 89/2014 approved. It was prepared by the Unit in collaboration with the Law Department The law: - regulates the circulation of medical devices in Albanian market - improves the safety for the patients and users - defines the legal responsibilities • Three technical regulations in approximation of the three European directives are approved   - Directive 93/42/EEC for “Medical Devices”       - Directive 98/79/EEC "On the diagnostic in vitro medical devices"    - Directive 90/385/EEC “On implantable medical devices” • New approach toward maintenance of medical devices improving high technology diagnostics access • Increase of safety of patients and users through medical device technology selection • Better planning and purchases of medical devices for regional hospitals improving the health service at national level Global CE / HTM Success Stories

  7. Conclusions and Action Plan • Further legislation development & implementation especially for market surveillance • Investments in state-of-art technology in medical devices and systems • Human capacity building • Better health technology management • Regulations on maintenance of medical devices Global CE / HTM Success Stories

More Related