| Assessment of Diagnostic Technology in Health Care: Rationale, Methods, Problems, and Directions Contributor(s): Institute of Medicine (Author), Council on Health Care Technology (Author) |
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ISBN: 030904099X ISBN-13: 9780309040990 Publisher: National Academies Press OUR PRICE: $47.50 Product Type: Paperback Published: February 1989 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | Health Care Delivery - Medical | Diagnosis - Medical | Allied Health Services - Medical Technology |
| Dewey: 616.075 |
| LCCN: 89062666 |
| Series: Monograph of the Council on Health Care Technology |
| Physical Information: 0.42" H x 6.06" W x 8.96" (0.56 lbs) 152 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Technology assessment can lead to the rapid application of essential diagnostic technologies and prevent the wide diffusion of marginally useful methods. In both of these ways, it can increase quality of care and decrease the cost of health care. This comprehensive monograph carefully explores methods of and barriers to diagnostic technology assessment and describes both the rationale and the guidelines for meaningful evaluation. While proposing a multi-institutional approach, it emphasizes some of the problems involved and defines a mechanism for improving the evaluation and use of medical technology and essential resources needed to enhance patient care. |