UOC - degree in healthcare technology takes part in a conference on the environment in Madrid

Oct. 6, 2009 - PRLog -- Among the different speakers taking part, there are faculty members from the UOC's Health Sciences Area, including its director, José Esteban. The UOC's new master's degree in Healthcare Technology Planning and Management is to be presented during the event.

Barcelona - 06/10/2009 Healthcare technology is increasingly focusing on protecting the environment. Currently, reducing the environmental impact of this technology is one of the priorities for healthcare managers, clinics and the sector's industry. Nonetheless, experts stress that important efforts are still needed to establish plans for equipment, investment, renewal and replacement, and the necessary security plans in hospitals.

Thus, the aim of the conference is to publicise the advances made to protect the environment in the Spanish national health system's hospitals, the current state of protection of the environment from the undesired effects of healthcare technology and the UOC's new master's degree in Healthcare Technology Planning and Management.
According to the Director of the UOC's Health Sciences Area, José Esteban, “this conference represents a critical review of the adaptation of healthcare technology to the environment and the strengthening of its role as a motor for technical efficacy and environmental efficiency ”.

Speakers

The meeting will be attended by the Chair of the Scientific Advisory Board to the UOC's Healthcare Technology Planning and Management programme and professor at the Institute of Healthcare Technology at Germany's University of Gießen, Werner Trampisch. Likewise, UOC faulty members José Fereres, Pedro Izquierdo and Georgina Vidal are also to take part in the meeting.

The conference is being organised by the UOC, in conjunction with Hospital Clínico San Carlos, the Spanish Federation of Healthcare Technology Companies, and the Technology and Health Foundation.

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