Research on Hospital-Based Health Technology Assessment in Clinical Application Management of Medical Technology in Public Hospitals in China: Hainan Province Sample

Abstract

Though investigating the knowledge of professional personnel on medical technology management, this study aimed to explore the establishment of an electronic HB-HTA approach in clinical application management of medical technology in public hospitals. The study designed a questionnaire to collect data and recruited a total of 1089 professional staff from 16 hospitals in Hainan. Medical staff had limited awareness of medical technology clinical application management and the HB-HTA approach. The working years, education level, and professional title level of medical staff were positively correlated with the awareness of medical technology management (P<0.05). In addition, the professional titles of medical staff were positively correlated with awareness(P<0.05). The higher the professional title level, the higher the awareness degree, followed by the correlation of working years. To increase the awareness and use of clinical applications of medical technology, the HB-HTA should be well organized. The electronic HB-HTA approach should be strongly formulated and undertaken by the medical staff in clinical application management of medical technology in public hospitals.