Annetine C. Gelijns Committee On Tech Institut Holly V. Dawkins
What information and decisionmaking processes determine how and whether an experimental medical technology becomes accepted and used? Adopting New Medical Technology reviews the strengths and weaknesses of present coverage and adoption practices, highlights opportunities for improving both the decisionmaking processes and the underlying information base, and considers approaches to instituting a much-needed increase in financial support for evaluative research. Essays explore the nature of technological change; the use of technology assessment in decisions by health care...
What information and decisionmaking processes determine how and whether an experimental medical technology becomes accepted and used? Adopti...