Project Overview: Health technologies are changing the model of care. In particular, medical devices are the main enablers of modern medicine. Several methods have been proposed to support political decisions regarding medical device in developed countries. Those methods are far from being perfect and are mainly the result of adaptation of methods, developed mainly for drugs, which fail to consider important dimensions that are relevant for medical devices. However, much less has been don for low and middle income countries. For instance, available economic evaluations of medical devices come predominantly from high income countries, and relevant methods and studies are urgently required in less resourced settings…
(Deadline for paper submission 30th of November 2015)
“Clinical Engineering” and “Health Technology Assessment” are two fast growing fields of interest for Biomedical Engineers (BMEs), as the IFMBE widely recognises. Nonetheless, there is a lack of spaces for BMEs to publish their researches or projects results in those fields. For the first time a whole track will be dedicated to those topicts in an IFMBE Confeerence
The 31st of May there will be the launch of the European Parliament Interest Group on Biomedical Engineering. This event will see the participation of Professor Jari Hyttinen, President of EAMBES, Dr. Edgardo Maria Iozia, Rapporteur of EESC report on biomedical engineering, Dr. Adriana Velazquez, Senior Advisor and Focal Point of Medical Devices at World Health Organization, Dr Leandro Pecchia, IFMBE HTA Division Chairman, Mr. Andrzej Rys, Director Health systems, medical products and innovation DG SANTE.
Biomedical Engineering (BME) is one of the faster growing and most impactful branch of engineering. This is widely perceived from healthcare workers or patients, which are directly impacted by BME outputs, as for instance innovative medical devices. Nonetheless, (EPP, Italy), Mr Nicola Caputo (S&D, Italy) and Jens Gieseke (EPP, Germany)
