{"id":225111,"date":"2026-02-19T16:55:50","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T13:55:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new-inbit.dev-praxis.gr\/?post_type=hta_library&#038;p=225111"},"modified":"2026-02-19T16:55:50","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T13:55:50","slug":"strengthening-the-central-procurement-system-in-the-greek-health-sector","status":"publish","type":"hta_library","link":"https:\/\/www.inbit.gr\/el\/hta_library\/strengthening-the-central-procurement-system-in-the-greek-health-sector\/","title":{"rendered":"Strengthening the Central Procurement System in the Greek Health Sector"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>INTRODUCTION<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Procurement of medical devices (MDs) on a national level, is a quite challenging task since it&nbsp;-at the same- time aims in guaranteeing high quality of products and assuring patient safety,&nbsp;with the lowest possible cost for the health care system. The vast variety of MDs, the&nbsp;accelerated pace of appearance of new technologies, the shorter life cycle, the continuous&nbsp;improvement of existing products on the market, are some constrains that make the MD&nbsp;procurement very challenging. This report addresses issues related to the MDs procurement&nbsp;system in the Greek health sector and more specifically in developing in close collaboration&nbsp;with staff in charge in EKAPY, standard specifications for hip and knee prostheses, to be used&nbsp;for tendering purposes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-225111","hta_library","type-hta_library","status-publish","hentry","category-full-reports"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inbit.gr\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hta_library\/225111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inbit.gr\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hta_library"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inbit.gr\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/hta_library"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inbit.gr\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=225111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inbit.gr\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=225111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inbit.gr\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=225111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}