Logística no Setor da Saúde

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The curricular unit will be taught based on the exposition and discussion of the proposed topics, whenever possible through the analysis of practical cases. Throughout the course, external speakers, from industry and academia, may be invited to talk about different topics.

Characterize the organization of the health system;

Characterize organisations’ supply chains and explain their role in creating value;

Discuss the main processes and activities related to logistics and supply chains;

Describe and use the main variables and models inherent to inventory management;

Describe and analyze the role and operation of transportation in the supply chain;

Describe, analyze and discuss supply chains in the health sector;

Evaluate medicine management and logistics in the context of health at national and international level;

Identify and understand the overall drug development process and its scientific information;

Understand the drug regulation model in the national and European context;

Identify and understand the traceability and pharmacovigilance models applied to medicines for human use;

Understand the various models of drug information management in the national and European context;

Analyze the ISO standards adopted for information systems for medicines for human use.

1. Logistics and Supply Chain Management

1.1 Logistics and the functioning of supply chains: real flows and information flows. The integration of internal and external processes. The main dimensions of logistics

1.2. Logistics Processes and Activities. Procurement, Inventory, Storage and Distribution. Push and pull systems. Centralization and decentralization of logistics processes

1.3. Decision support in infrastructure location.

1.4. The configuration of the main supply chains in the health sector and the various stakeholders in Logistics.

2. Transports

2.1 The Role of Transport in the Supply Chain

2.2 Key Factors in the Selection of Transports

2.3 Route planning

3. Medicines and Public Health

3.1 Organization of the healthcare system in Portugal

3.2 Overall perspective of Medicines in society: determinants of consumption and costs

3.3 Artificial Intelligence in drug research and development

4. Drug regulation and safety

4.1 National and European regulatory bodies: Autoridade Nacional do Medicamento e Produtos de Saúde, I.P. (Infarmed, IP) and the European Medicinal Agency (EMA).

4.2 Regulation in the Human Medicines Circuit: Quality, Safety and Efficacy

4.3 National Patient Safety Plan

4.4 National Pharmacovigilance System

5. Medicines logistics management

5.1 Supply chain in the medicines sector

5.2 Public procurement and the acquisition of medicines

5.3 Medicines management: technical and economic information

6. Technologies for drug traceability

6.1. Concept of universal IDMP (Identification of Medicinal Products) and Object Identifier (OID)

6.2 Optical reading

6.3 RFID and NFC

6.4 Printed Electronics

6.5 Integrated electronic prescription system

The evaluation will be based on applied research assignments that will be subject to presentation and discussion.

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