Health Technology Policy : India’s Perspective Mohammad Ameel Senior Consultant, Healthcare Technologies (Medical Devices) Collaborator, International Federation of Medical and Biological Engineering WHO Collaborating Centre for Priority Medical Devices & health Technology Policy National Health Systems Resource Centre Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India Fourth WHO Global Forum on Medical Devices

Fourth WHO Global Forum on Medical Devices Disclosure The presenter declares no conflict of interest with the materials provided. Fourth WHO Global Forum on Medical Devices

Health Technology Assessment Procurement Free Diagnostics Initiative PM National Dialysis Program Other National Programs Health Technology Assessment Safety Maintenance Fourth WHO Global Forum on Medical Devices

National Free Diagnostics Initiative

Free Pathology services A larger public/private centralized laboratory (hub) carries out diagnostic testing of all patients visiting small/remote public health facilities (spokes) which lack the necessary capacity to provide diagnostics to its patients. The test results are sent electronically to the public health facilities within a stipulated time period. Fourth WHO Global Forum on Medical Devices

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Fourth WHO Global Forum on Medical Devices CT Scan Services Eligible Districts having population more than 7.5 Lakhs CT Scan services to be supported by Government of India under PPP mode 16 slice machine is recommended for non-cardiac cases at District Hospital level Service provider responsible for the turnkey project including the installation of the machine till reporting of scans Fourth WHO Global Forum on Medical Devices

Fourth WHO Global Forum on Medical Devices Procurement GMDN Template Committee formation & review Website uploadation for comments Approval from MoHFW Gem Procurement Fourth WHO Global Forum on Medical Devices

Biomedical Equipment Maintenance Program For technology intensive programs like Laboratory, Radiology, SNCU, ICUs and Operation Theaters, it is necessary to have fully functional equipment Initially dysfunctional rate of 30% to 63% for equipment inventory across various states and was a concern in letter from PMO to MoHFW Under NHM, Comprehensive maintenance of all equipment across DHs, CHCs, and PHCs was proposed and an exclusive program was launched under PPP given that equipment maintenance is a specialized skill requiring immediate availability of biomedical engineers and spare parts Under the program design, Service Provider is to provide toll free number for equipment fault registration, spare parts, engineering HR and provide an upkeep time of 95% for DHs, 90% for CHCs and 80% for PHCs Service provider to be selected after due tendering process Within four months of the start of the program, the service provider would be responsible for repairing all currently dysfunctional equipment which means inventory worth over 100-150 Crore would be functional within four months of launch of the program in respective states The cost incurred is 7% - 10% of asset values Fourth WHO Global Forum on Medical Devices

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PM National Dialysis Program The concept was to initiated this as a PPP model. In this PPP model, only the space is to be provided by the district hospital. The service provider will provide the necessary trained human resources, construction related activity including construction of RO water plant, internal and external electrification etc. Fourth WHO Global Forum on Medical Devices

Health Technology Assessment (HTA) & Innovations Uptake National Health Innovation Portal was launched for uptake of innovations in public health System. Health Technology Assessment (HTA) was conducted for submitted innovations and the approved innovations by the committee are displayed in National Best Practices Summit Regularly Capacity building programs for Health Technology Assessment (HTA) are being conducted in partnership with various institutes Fourth WHO Global Forum on Medical Devices

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