Post-marketing health technology monitoring. The analysis of an experience from a clinical perspective.

Introduction: A system for monitoring the use of aphaeresis in the treatment of ulcerative colitis (UC), named system for monitoring aphaeresis in ulcerative colitis (SiMAC), was designed in 2006 in the Basque Country. In the present study, the opinion of the clinicians who participated in SiMAC was evaluated, in order to identify the barriers and gather suggestions that could improve implementation of this kind of system.

Methods: A mixed questionnaire was designed, in order to gather clinicians' assessments of the SiMAC monitoring system.