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A framework for assessing healthcare facilities in low-resource settings : field studies in Benin and Uganda
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Di Pietro, Licia, Piaggio, Davide, Oronti, Iyabosola, Maccaro, Alessia, Houessouvo, Roland C., Medenou, Daton, De Maria, Carmelo, Pecchia, Leandro and Ahluwalia, Arti (2020) A framework for assessing healthcare facilities in low-resource settings : field studies in Benin and Uganda. Journal of Medical and Biological Engineering, 40 . pp. 526-534. doi:10.1007/s40846-020-00546-3 ISSN 1609-0985.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40846-020-00546-3
Abstract
Purpose. The aim of this paper is to present and validate a framework for assessing healthcare facilities in low-resource settings to collect evidence and inform policies on the harmonisation, regulation and contextualised design of medical devices.
Methods. A literature review and focus groups with several experts of medical device design, clinical engineering, health technology assessment and management, allowed the creation of a protocol, comprising two parts: a semi-structured interview and electrical safety measures.
Results. Three hospitals were assessed in Benin and three in Uganda. All the health centres resulted to be facing typical challenges for low-resource settings, including the lack of funding, expertise, a well-established maintenance program, spare parts and consumables, and unreliable power supplies.
Conclusion. As there is a paucity of information regarding low-resource settings, the proposed framework can be used by clinical or biomedical engineers to assess and thereby propose actions for improving the conditions of healthcare settings.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||||||
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Subjects: | R Medicine > R Medicine (General) R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Engineering > Engineering | ||||||||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Health facilities -- Benin, Health facilities -- Uganda, Biomedical engineering -- Benin, Biomedical engineering -- Uganda | ||||||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Medical and Biological Engineering | ||||||||||||
Publisher: | Springer | ||||||||||||
ISSN: | 1609-0985 | ||||||||||||
Official Date: | 8 July 2020 | ||||||||||||
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Volume: | 40 | ||||||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 526-534 | ||||||||||||
DOI: | 10.1007/s40846-020-00546-3 | ||||||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 7 December 2020 | ||||||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 7 December 2020 | ||||||||||||
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