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Guide 1
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What is HTM?
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Chapter 1 introduction p6
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Guide 1 covers
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Chapter 2, the foundation
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Chapter 2
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2.1 regulatory role of
government
Health systems can be organised in different
ways:
• Mainly public
• Mainly private for profit
• Mainly private not-for-profit
• A mix of government and private
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2.1 regulatory role of
government
Health Systems have 4 functions:
• Financing of health services
• Provision of health services
• Creation of health resources (facilities,
equipment, training)
• Stewardship of health services (regulation and
enforcement)
BOX 4 p17
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2.1 regulatory role of
government
• Service financing and resource creation;
– Patient pay
– Insurance pays
– Donors pay
– Government pays
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2.1 regulatory role of
government MoH
2.2 Quality standards. Accept international?
2.2 Establish system to ensure the standards are
met, so that the bodies enforcing regulations
have legal sanctions
2.3 Establish wide ranging policies covering all
aspects of use, effectiveness and safety
2.4 Establish system to ensure these policies can
be implemented
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Discussion
• Box 5 p 18
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2.2 establishing standards
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Adopt international
accepted standards! P21/22
• IEC
• ISO
• EU (CE)
• FDA
• Manufacturers certificates
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2.3 national policies
Look at
• Demographic data (number of inhabitants)
• Epidemiological profiles (1 disease in 1 region)
• Priority health problems (HIV, Malaria?)
• Infrastructure, finance, Human Resource
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2.3.2 standardization
1. Technical benefits
2. Financial benefits
3. Logistic benefits
4. Training benefits
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2.3.3 maintenance
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2.3.4 finances
• Capital budget
• Recurrent budget
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2.4 HTM service/team
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2.5 How to manage change
Reward!
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People who are involved in developing ideas abt
their own work methods are more likely to:
• Understand objectives
• understand why necessary,
• encouraged to change their way
• See improvements
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HTM Guide 1 Chapter 3
How to organise HTM
Anna Worm
October 3, 2012
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C3 How to determine
technical requirements
3.1 summary of technical requirements for HTM
3.2 skill requirements
3.3 workload (time) requirements
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3.1 summary of technical
requirements p34
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3.1 summary of technical
requirements p34
• Providing technical advice
• Selection and procurement
• Training users and maintainers
• Maintenance and repair
• Decommissioning and disposal
• Managing staff
• Managing inventory
• Managing waste
• Managing workshops
• Record keeping
• Stock control
• Implementing safety protocols
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Who should calculate the
needs?
Depends on centralised or decentralised system
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BioMedical Staffing plan for Rwanda
Decentralized
Ideal situation
1Msc in BME for strategy and
MoH politics . Strong relation with MMC.
Advocacy role. Evaluation role?
RBC
2 BSc with ~5yr hospital experience
for central procurement office.
I MSc ~10yr hospital experience
CAMERWA … RBC/MMC
director, 3 BSc ~5yr hospital
experience for MMC.
CHUB KMH
1 technical director in board (not
BME)
1 BSc ~3yr as BME director
3BMETs ~5yr to work on equipment
KFH CHUK etc
~100 health ~100 health ~100 health ~100 health ~30 health
centers centers centers centers centers
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Technical Working Group September 26, 2012
BioMedical Staffing plan for Rwanda
Centralized
Ideal situation
MoH
~450 health
centers hospitals
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Technical Working Group September 26, 2012
3.2 skill requirements
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3.2.2 determining your skill
requirements
• With the workshop we worked top down
• It’s also possible to work bottom up:
– Look at your inventory
– Decide work to be done (make list). Think of
common errors, PPM
– Assess other HTM needs
– Make a spreadsheet and link to level of skills
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Workload requirements p47
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Workload requirements p48
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3.3.2 workload, hours
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Work load hours conclusion
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Nice info p54
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conclusion
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Example questions
A. True
B. False
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Which of the below mentions institutes is an
example of a public institute?
a. Butaro hospital
b. Siemens
c. CTB
d. Kibagabaga Hospital
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Which of the below mentions institutes is an
example of a private (for profit) institute?
a. Butaro hospital
b. Siemens
c. CTB
d. EWH
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Which of the below mentions institutes is an
example of a private (not for profit) institute?
a. Butaro hospital
b. Siemens
c. CTB
d. Kibagabaga Hospital
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• An NGO (Non Governmental Organisation) is
always a
A. private not for profit institute
B. Private for profit institute
C. Public institute
D. Mixed institute
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Which of the below mentions institutes is an
example of a mixed (private/public) institute?
a. Butaro hospital
b. Siemens
c. EWH
d. Kibagabaga Hospital
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The public and private sector together have the
responsibility to guarantee public health
A. true
B. false
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Because the government has the responsibility to
guarantee public health, they
A. Should create regulation, standards and policies
B. should check if these regulation, standards and
policies are well implemented
C. Should provide materials to be able to implement
these regulation, standards and policies
D. All of the above
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A service engineer (e.g. Oscar from Siemens)
Is a
a. Level 1
b. Level 2
c. Level 3
d. Level 4
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The end!
Anna Worm
Sept 27
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HTM Guide 1 Chapter 4
How to choose the model for
your HTM service
Anna Worm
October 9, 2012
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Chapter 4. How to choose the model
for your HTM service
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4.1 different providers of
HTM activities
• 4.1.1 possible sources
– Individual in house skills
– Existing Technical Referral Networks in the Health
Sector
– Collaborative Arrangements
– Maintenance Services From Other Sectors
– Private Sector Companies and Individuals
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Individual in house skills
That’s you!
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Existing Technical Referral Networks in
the Health Sector
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Collaborative Arrangements
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Maintenance Services From Other
Sectors
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Private Sector Companies and
Individuals
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4.1.2 strategies to consider
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4.2 incoperation HTM into
health management
• fourth requirement for your HTM Service is to
have the head of each HTM Team – the HTM
Manager – as a member of the relevant health
management team (at facility, district,
regional, or central level)
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• fifth requirement for the HTM Service is to establish
an HTM Working Group at each level (facility,
district, region, centre).
• This multi-disciplinary group should report to the
health management team, and be responsible for
reviewing the equipment situation and planning
equipment needs at that level. It should comprise all
types of stakeholders that have an important role to
play in HTM, such as administrative, medical,
finance, supplies, and technical personnel
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p68
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The end!
Anna Worm
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HTM Guide 1 Chapter 5
How to develop organisation
structure
Anna Worm
October 10, 2012
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C 5. organisational structure
for HTM service
5.1 relationship between health delivery system
and HTM service
5.2 Placement of staff at different levels
5.3 responsibilities of each level
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5.1 recognise this?
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We already know:
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5.2 placing staff at different
levels
1. Facility level
A+B Facilities without and with workshops
2. Zonal level
A+B Disctrict and regional/provincial level
3. Central or national level
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Satff at 1A facilities without
workshop
• Make a small HTM team of people who are
suitable and interested (nurses, administrator,
store keeper) and give additional training
• Tasks:
– Oversee equipment
– Contact point for equipment and maintenance matters
– Responsible for finding solutions to problems
– Possible undertake maintenance themselves
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• So they cover all Level 1 work and communicate for any
other work
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Staff at Zonal Level
• In Rwanda zonal level consists of:
– District hospitals
– Regional/provincial hospitals
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Staff at Zonal level;
regional/provincial
• Staff in charge of level 3 jobs
• Supervises and supports district hospitals, so they
need technologists or even engineers
• Train the artisans and lower skilled technicians in
district hospitals so that
• Regional HTM team can focus on complex
equipment issues and supervision
• With help from central level
• Regional HTM Manager
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Staff at central level
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5.3 responsibilities at each
level
• Always, The HTM team and HTMWG:
– Advise management team on healthcare
technology issues
– Contact point for equipment problems
– Supervise private sector artisans
– Support and supervise equipment users
– Undertake maintenance
– Relate to higher level of HTM service
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If there is a workshop in
district
• Skills level 1 & 2 work
• Keep stock of spare parts for maintenance
• Monitor and supervise work done by private
companies
• Undertake Quality Assurance and cost control
• Provide representation of HTM in planning
and budgeting of management team
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Regional level
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continues
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cont
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And ofcourse:
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HTM Guide 1 Chapter 6
How to determine human
resources required
Anna Worm
October 10, 2012
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Chapter 6
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6.1 types of staff
• Equipment users
• Crafts people, artisans, tachnicains
• Health service technologists and engineers
• HTM Managers
• Support staff
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Equipment users
• Important role in ensuring that the HTM system
runs well
– First to detect problems & help to avoid problems
through correct use
– With the right training, perform level 1 skills
– Some already had training (lab, laundry) need refresher
courses?
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Craftspeople, artisans,
technicians
• Craftspeople: skilled person who works with
their hands like plumbers, carpenters or
electricians
– Informal training: handyman
– Trade test holders: artisans
• Technician: skilled in a craft such as
mechanics, refrigeration, electricity with
certificate or diploma
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• Basic maintenance tasks
• Rwanda nationally recognized trade testing
schemes for artisans?
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(re)training
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Technologist and engineer
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HTM Managers
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Support staff
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6.2 numbers
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Staff development
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6.3 establish posts
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• With an organisational chart the reporting structure
becomes clear
• If technical staff is not well represented in
management bodies, it will be very difficult to do
their jobs well/be effective
•
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Career development
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• Depends on HR policies and procedures
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p103
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6.4 terms and conditions of
employment
• You need money and take care ofavailability of
resources! Otherwise staff will get frustrated
and demoralized
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Availability of resources
• Workshop
• Tools
• Supplies if maintenance materials and
spareparts
• Office space and ways to do record keeping
• Supplies of stationary
• Techniical reference material and access to
information
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HTM Guide 1 Chapter 7
How to set yourself goals and
monitor progress
Anna Worm
October 23, 2012
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7.1 planning process (setting goals)
7.2 review process (monitoring process)
7.3 gather data
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Planning and reviewing to evaluate your
performance (quality of your work) and the
performance of the system
= Quality Management
for client satisfaction
for cost efficiency
for compliance with laws
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Who’s responsible?
On all levels!!
Management teams, HTM teams,
HTM working Groups should
plan and
monitor progress
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7.1 setting goals
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Annual planning cycle
Review past
performance,
problems, needs
Identifies solutions
Monitors
and sets specific
implementation goals for the year
Prepares an annual
action plan for
delivering
improvements next year
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Setting goals
1. Targets
2. Recommendations
3. Longer term objectives
• Box 33 p111
• Figure 13 p112
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7.3 gathering data
• MIMMS/CMMS ideal tool to gather data!
• How many interventions this year?
• Which percentage of equipment is in service
• How big is the lack of spare parts?
• How long do you normally wait for spareparts
• Inventory!
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The end!
Anna Worm
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