medical technology
Medicare and medical technology the growing demand for relevant outcomes
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A review of all complete Medicare NCDs from 1999 through 2008 suggests that the focus on relevant outcomes has had measurable consequences. NCDs made before 1999 were not explained in written documents, making it impossible to assess those policies and prompting
Health care costs and medical technology
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Almost everyone knows that this country has a scandalously large number of people who lack health insurance, now up to 46 million and growing. That number is vivid and evocative. But it has overshadowed another, more serious issue that of the steady escalation of
Managed care and medical technology growth
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Many questions about technology growth and development in health care call for a broad- based characterization of technology availabil-ity. In this paper, we explore the possibility of producing aggregated estimates of technology availability by constructing an index of
Carbon nanotubes innovate on medical technology
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Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) possess exceptional mechanical and electrical properties, therefore researches and developments are performed in various fields. In recent years application to the medical field of CNTs attracted attention, and a large number of studies
Supporting medical technology development with the analytic hierarchy process
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Page 1. University of Groningen Supporting medical technology development with the analytic hierarchy process Hummel, Janna Marchien IMPORTANT NOTE: You are advised to consult the publishers version (publishers ) if you wish to cite from it. Please check the document
Rising health spending, new medical technology and the Baumol effect
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Health expenditure as a share of GDP rises in most OECD countries. One of the possible causes is the so-called Baumol effect, which arise if labour productivity in health care grows more slowly than in the overall economy. If in addition demand for health care is
Organisational adoption of medical technology in healthcare sector
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Technology has revolutionised healthcare over the last five decades. The prime objective of technology is to improve the quality of care (Gerhardus). Research in the field of biomedical engineering has contributed towards the development of new diagnostic and
Knowledge, attitudes and behaviour of students from a medicine faculty, dentistry faculty, and medical technology Vocational Training School toward HIV/AIDS
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Objectives: With increasing numbers of HIV/AIDS patients, physicians, dentists, and nurses taking care of these patients should have sufficient knowledge of the disease, and their attitude and behaviour should be proper. In our study, we aimed to examine the level of
Critical issues in medical technology
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New computer and communications technologies are obviously transforming American life. They are the basis of many of the changes in our telecommunications system and also a new wave of automation on the farm, in manufacturing and transportation, and in the office
The intertwining of public and proprietary in medical technology
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As I reflect on the papers presented at the fifth workshop in the series Medical Innovation at the Crossroads, and on the discussion, I am struck by how little was said about a topic my instincts tell me is of large and increasing importance: the intertwining of public and
Controlling medical technology in Sweden
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Sweden is a Scandinavian country of 8 million people. It is 500 miles in length and its northern part is above the Arctic Circle. Largely urban and highly industrialized, Sweden has one of the worlds highest per capita incomes. The countrys economy is mixed capitalist and
The Interface of technology and medical education in india: current trends and scope
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The application of computer based technology in medical education system is being both the rewarding and challenging. The introduction of different material based learning aids including computer applications in the form of various softwares, use of Lcd projectors
Intensive medical technology and the reduction in disability
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Substantial recent evidence shows a reduction in disability among the elderly in the United States. Manton and Gu (2001), for example, document a 25 percent decline in disability among the elderly population between 1982 and 1999 a reduction of over 1 percent per
The role of quantifiable risk factors in a medical technology management program
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CA. Blair, RN, BSN, BSEI1 is Clinical Research Spe-cialist, Biomedical Engineering Department, Texas Children s Hospital. or society expects that competence and effi-Ociency will guide the development, application, and support of medical technology . in accord
Critical factors in livings labs for new health concepts and medical technology
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Living labs are a relatively new instrument in enhancing open innovation. They are practical environments for innovation aiming at a better mix and match between stakeholders for co- development and reduction of time-to-market of innovations through early involvement of
Reducing the complications of unsafe abortion: the role of medical technology
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As defined by the World Health Organization, unsafe abortion is a procedure for terminating an unwanted pregnancy either by persons lacking the necessary skills or in an environment lacking the minimal medical standards, or both. This paper examines the problem of
How to test a medical technology for space: trauma sonography in microgravity
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Preventable trauma deaths in remote environments often result from inadequate diagnosis of thoracic and abdominal injuries. Full-time habitation of the International Space Station increases the risk of traumatic injury requiring intervention. This publication describes the
Medical technology in the health care system of the Netherlands
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The Netherlands is a small country divided into II Provinces, a district called the IJsselmeerpolders, and 850 municipalities. With about (400 inhabitants per square kilometer (1978), the Netherlands is one of the most densely populated areas of the world. In 1976
Adoption of medical technology by hospitals: a review of innovation attributes and a conceptual model of the resulting service
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Innovative medical technologies help to transform health care by empowering physicians and patients with tools that enable faster diagnosis and better treatment of disease. Diagnostic practices and procedural functions in clinics and surgeries are dependent on Advanced technologies continue to revolutionize medical care. Surveying the leading edges of technology in remote sensing, robotics, medical informatics, virtual reality, super computing, digital imaging and telecommunications reveals an opportunity to fundamentally
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