Physical and Technological Resources Management in Health
Abstract
Refit is the so-called management for Physical and Technological Resources in Health. Refit management is concerned about Health infrastructure and medical equipment resources, inventories and diagnosis of technological parks, maintenance (preventive, corrective and predictive), outsourcing, training and professional training, planning, control and monitoring, software as a tool. Refit management is also responsible for creating and maintaining indicators, thinking of future technological developments, incorporating human resources (architects, civil, electric, electronic and mechanic engineers, general practitioners, biomedical doctors, technologists and technicians), drawing up contracts, documentation and norms, listed as its activities and duties. The basic ingredients for being a manager include: capability (know how), attitude (know what to be) and knowledge (know about). Moreover, the manager should have the knowledge and experience of the health network (from basic to large hospitals), the hierarchical network, the policy and paperwork process, micro and macro situations and situations of interdependency of local realities as far as each case is different. Being a manager implies being an aggregator of the professionals involved in the process, knowing the norms and laws (Law 8.666, Differential Public Procurement Regime - RDC 50 etc), planning as a whole, being able to take decisions, managing physical, financial and human resources, efficiently and effectively, and being committed to the National Brazilian Health Service (SUS). What does society expects from this new social actor? Ability to plan optimization of the increasingly scarce resources, to articulate with the involved spheres; a Refit manager should have long term vision (concerning the available technology) and strategic vision, have managerial and operational ability, be a good mediator, be objective regarding the actions, exercise leadership and professional ethics regarding SUS, delegate, possess critical capacity for new investments and retain existing ones, have managerial capacity, be dynamic regarding the SUS policy as a social actor, to apply the knowledge and lessons learned in each of the regions of such a large countryAuthor Biography
José Mauro Carrilho Guimarães
Servidor Público Municipal da Prefeitura da Cidade do Rio de Janeiro - PCRJ.