Wang B. Strategic Health Technology Incorporation

Morgan & Claypool, 2009. — 71 p. — (Synthesis Lectures on Biomedical Engineering 32). — ISBN: 9781608451241.
Стратегическое Объединение Медицинских технологийTechnology 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 and costly maintenance during its entire useful life. This characteristic does not, however, imply that medical equipment is more costly than other categories, provided that it is managed properly. The foundation of a sound technology management process is the planning and acquisition of equipment, collectively called technology incorporation. This lecture presents a rational, strategic process for technology incorporation based on experience, some successful and many unsuccessful, accumulated in industrialized and developing countries over the last three decades.Conceptual Framework
The Incorporation Process
Discussion
ConclusionsInformation and Data Sources