Research Catalog

Title

Health care technology policy II : the role of technology in the cost of health care : providing the solutions : 10-12 May 1995, Arlington, Virginia / Warren S. Grundfest, chair/editor ; sponsored by SPIE--the International Society of Optical Engineering [and others] ; cosponsored by Hamamatsu Corporation ; cooperating organizations, Mayo Clinic, IEEE--Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, IEEE--USA.

Publication

Bellingham, Wash., USA : SPIE, [1995], ©1995.

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Additional Authors

• Grundfest, Warren S.
• Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers.

Description

xiii, 438 pages : illustrations; 28 cm.

Series Statement

Proceedings / SPIE--the International Society for Optical Engineering ; v. 2499

Uniform Title

Proceedings of SPIE--the International Society for Optical Engineering ; v. 2499.

Alternative Title

Role of technology in the cost of health care

Subject

• Medical technology > Economic aspects > Congresses
• Medical innovations > Congresses
• Medical care > Cost effectiveness > Congresses

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Role of technology in identifying and controlling health care costs / J. D. Bronzino -- Better, less expensive health care: technological opportunities and the organizational change / J. A. Parrish and L. R. Osborn -- National Network/Libraries of Medicine / R. D. Arcari -- Computer network for improving quality and efficiency of children's primary health care / L. Deutsch -- Developing and sharing medical effectiveness information / J. M. Fitzmaurice -- Technology's challenge: technology adoption in a managed care environment for health care product companies / D. Cassak -- Current methods for technology evaluation: primary data collection and synthetic methods / C. Goodman -- Outcomes research in evaluating the benefit of health care technology / A. M. Fendrick -- Use of outcomes research in controlling health care costs and improving health care delivery / C. L. Littell -- Potential use of indices of disease severity in the evaluation and design of medical technologies / R. N. Re and M. A. Krousel-Wood -- APREP: the automated patient record evolutionary process - reduce costs and improve productivity in today's health care delivery system / A. M. Zehler -- Use of information systems as management tools in health care / F. Davila -- Use of IDEF modeling to develop an information management system for drug and alcohol outpatient treatment clinics / K. Hoffman -- Closing the system: the role of feedback in controlling health care costs / K. A. Harville -- Role of feedback in ensuring quality and controlling costs / R. S. Wilbur -- Physician access to drug profiles to reduce adverse reactions / W. A. Yasnoff, E. L. Tomkins and L. M. Dunn -- Interventional CT and MRI: a challenge for safety and cost reduction in the health care system / D. H. W. Gronemeyer and R. M. M. Seibel -- Economics and quality of care: are they in competition? / J. Simmons -- Economics of health care access and delivery projects / R. Tanenhaus -- Impact of regulations on health care costs / S. Alpert -- Debilitating effect of the FDA on medical device research: a personal perspective / D. J. Cleary -- Reinventing device review / L. A. Reamer -- Telemedicine: legal and licensure issues / M. B. Wood and L. J. Whelan -- Role of technology in device development / P. M. Galletti -- Possible roles for quantitative risk assessment (QRA) in the field of health care and health care regulation / B. J. Garrick, A. A. Dykes and S. Kaplan -- Value of fault/failure analysis in the medical device regulatory process: the case of the Bjork-Shiley heart valve / A. A. Hughes and H. R. Piehler -- Quantitative risk analysis of medical devices: an endoscopic imaging example / R. W. Waynant -- Digital management and regulatory submission of medical images from clinical trials: role and benefits of the core laboratory / W. L. Robbins and J. J. Conklin -- Bridging the gap between research and marketing: private and public partnerships / F. Shtern -- Effective use of the health care assets of the federal government / W. S. Grundfest -- Testing a potential national strategy for cost-effective medical technology / J. P. Fitch -- Transfer and utilization of government technology assets to the private sector in the fields of health care and information technologies / L. G. Kun -- New era of industry/government cooperation / S. G. Varnado -- Public attitudes and perception of bio- and biomedical engineering / Y. B. David, C. S. Lessard, N. Ledoux, C. Neason, R. Rhodes, E. Shih and C. Smallwood -- Public perceptions and expectations of the biomedical engineer / P. M. Galletti -- Perceptions regarding biomedical engineering / J. E. Pearson -- Developing and implementing a computer simulation of a large health care delivery system / H. C. Hoyt -- Implementation and utilization of a comprehensive information network in an integrated private not-for-profit regional health care system / J. M. Long III -- Ethics of technology introduction / J. E. Abele -- Ethics of technology introduction: theory and methods / E. Heitman -- Some ethical issues in technology transfer and applications / K. I. Shine -- Technology, human error, and standards / M. S. Bogner -- Allocation of resources within a general scheme of product development / A. K. Scott -- New applications of approved technology: an overview / J. V. White, K. P. Dutro and A. J. Michael -- Health care cost growth and the role of technology / S. Guterman -- Impact of managed care on the development of new medical technology: ethical concerns / P. Saha and S. Saha -- Is there a need for health care rationing? / M. A. Baily -- Health care rationing and the ethics of publicity / G. R. Winslow.

ISBN

0819418560

LCCN

95071520

OCLC

• 34559625
• ocm34559625

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries