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Technology Assessment as Learning [PDF]

open access: possibleScience, Technology, & Human Values, 1996
This article addresses the question of how policymakers could deliberately influence processes of technology development. Using the development of wind turbines in Denmark as an example, the article describes the frames of meaning guiding the actions of those involved in the three subprocesses of policymaking, the generation of new technologies, and ...
van de Graaf, H., Grin, J.
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The Assessment of Technology

Scientific American, 1970
IN RESPONSE TO A REQUEST BY A CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE CONSIDERING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT BOARD, A PANEL WAS CONVENED BY THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES TO EXAMINE THE PROCESSES OF TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT AND CHOICE. ALTHOUGH THE PANEL PROCEEDED WITH THE BELIEF THAT THE BENEFITS OF TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS VASTLY OUTWEIGHED THE ...
Raymond Bowers, Harvey Brooks
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Assistive technology assessment handbook

, 2017
Section I: The Assistive Technology Assessment Model and Basic Definitions S. Federici and M.J. Scherer Assessing Individual Functioning and Disability S. Federici, M.J. Scherer, F. Meloni, F. Corradi, M. Adya, D. Samant, M. Morris, and A.
S. Federici, M. Scherer
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Technology Assessment

2001
Technology assessment (TA) refers to the early identification and assessment of eventual impacts of technological change and applications, as a service to policy making and decision making more generally. TA can be done by (or for) business firms, or as a medical, social, or environmental impact assessment.
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Risk and Technology Assessment

2012
This chapter provides an overview of the changing relationship between risk, technology assessment (TA), and risk assessment (RA). It does so by comparing the development of the practice of parliamentary TA and RA, the way risk is interpreted in these practices, and the political role these practices play in dealing with risks.
Rinie van Est   +2 more
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Responsible innovation as a critique of technology assessment

, 2017
The notion of ‘responsible innovation’ has become fashionable amongst policy-makers and knowledge institutes. In the new Horizon 2020, calls of the EU ‘responsible research and innovation’ (RRI) figures prominently as a condition and an aim in itself ...
H. Lente, T. Swierstra, P. Joly
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Technology Assessment for Radiologists

Radiology, 2004
Health technology assessment is the systematic and quantitative evaluation of the safety, efficacy, and cost of health care interventions. This article outlines aspects of technology assessment of diagnostic imaging. First, it presents a conceptual framework of a hierarchy of levels of efficacy that should guide thinking about imaging test evaluation ...
Jonathan H. Sunshine   +1 more
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Technology Assessment for the Anesthesiologist

Anesthesiology Clinics of North America, 2006
The expense associated with modern heath care in the United States is very high, in excess of 15% of the GDP, continues to grow and has become a significant public policy issue. New technologies, defined as all drugs, devices, procedures, and organizational systems, are major contributors to rising health care costs.
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Technology assessment: Enabling Blockchain in hospitality and tourism sectors

Technological forecasting & social change, 2021
Mahak Sharma   +3 more
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Selecting Technologies for Assessment

International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, 1989
This article describes criteria used by several organizations to select technologies for assessment and the factors that are common to most lists of criteria. It presents a framework or model (called TAPSS) that relates the most important factors. The model can be used to estimate the expected impact of an assessment on health and economic outcomes for
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