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Strategic health technology incorporation

Technology is essential to the delivery of health care but it is still only a tool that needs to be deployed wisely to ensure beneficial outcomes at reasonable costs.Among various categories of health technology, medical equipment has the unique distinction of requiring both high initial investments...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wang, Binseng.
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: San Rafael, Calif. (1537 Fourth Street, San Rafael, CA 94901 USA) : Morgan & Claypool Publishers, c2009.
Series:Synthesis lectures on biomedical engineering (Online), # 32.
Subjects:
Medical technology > Management.
Medical instruments and apparatus > Management.
Medical instruments and apparatus > Purchasing > Planning.
Online Access:Abstract with links to full text
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Conceptual framework
  • The role of technology
  • Technology production lifecycle
  • Technology management lifecycle
  • Health technology assessment
  • Technology deployment costs
  • Direct investment
  • Direct recurrent costs
  • Indirect investment costs
  • Indirect recurrent costs
  • Hidden/end-user costs
  • The incorporation process
  • Goals and objectives
  • Incorporation resources
  • Strategic health technology planning
  • Technology audit
  • Technology evaluation
  • Evaluation consolidation
  • Plan review and approval
  • Strategic health technology acquisition
  • Selection
  • Procurement
  • Alternatives to purchasing
  • Discussion
  • Technology incorporation challenges
  • Root causes of technology incorporation failures
  • Implementation considerations
  • Conclusions
  • Glossary
  • Information and data sources.

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