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Medical technology horizon scanning
Australasian Physics & Engineering Sciences in Medicine, 2005Horizon scanning is becoming particularly important in the medical industry, in the identification and evaluation of emerging technologies. This paper examines the role biomedical engineers may have in horizon scanning new medical technologies and considers whether this is a useful activity for biomedical engineers.
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Anesthesia & Analgesia, 1998
I n attempting to address the issue of medical technology assessment, it is important to define technology. There are numerous definitions of technology. From the broadest perspective, John Kenneth Galbraith defined it as organized knowledge. The United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment defines medical technology as “the techniques, drugs,
L A, Fleisher, S, Mantha, M F, Roizen
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I n attempting to address the issue of medical technology assessment, it is important to define technology. There are numerous definitions of technology. From the broadest perspective, John Kenneth Galbraith defined it as organized knowledge. The United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment defines medical technology as “the techniques, drugs,
L A, Fleisher, S, Mantha, M F, Roizen
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Medical Science and Technology
JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1981The intimate juxtaposition of science and technology—both often spoken of in the same breath—is currently threatened by those who view technological advances with mistrust. Nuclear fission and genetic engineering provoke almost as much apprehension among scientists as they do among laymen.
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Medical and medical-technological developments
1987The amazing strides in medicine and social facilities during the last century, manifested in better health care facilities, hygiene, vaccination, the introduction of antibiotics etc., have had the effect of doubling life expectancy at birth in the industrialized countries. 1)
C. F. Hollander, H. A. Becker
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ASSESSING MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES IN DEVELOPMENT
International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, 2000Our study aims to provide a practical contribution to the field of medical technology assessment within a new paradigm. This paradigm indicates the need for more comprehensive technology assessments in the development stage of a new technology.We introduce a method, based on Saaty's Analytic Hierarchy Process, which quantitatively supports discussions ...
Hummel, Marjan J.M. +3 more
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Cost-Containing Medical Technology
Healthcare Management Forum, 1989The types of technologies most likely to contain healthcare costs are ones which (a) bring about a reduction in the volume of contact between the non-institutionalized populations and the medical profession, (b) permit the delivery of services and care in non-institutional settings, (c) enhance self-care or caregiving by the informal sector, and (d ...
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The NICE Medical Technologies Advisory Committee and medical technologies guidance
Heart, 2011The Medical Technologies Advisory Committee (MTAC) is the driver of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) Medical Technologies Evaluation Programme (MTEP). This aims to identify novel devices and diagnostics with plausible claims for advantages to patients and/or to the NHS.
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Medical Science Versus Medical Technology
2018Until the 1940s, the relative advantages of allopathic compared to empiric medicine in patient treatment were not clear cut. The cell theory and the success of the pathological–clinical correlations advanced allopathic medicine; however, translation to superior medical treatments at the time did not vouchsafe allopathic medicine. It is tempting to look
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