title: Planning for "the technology factor".
abstract: Modern medical care technology impacts on decision making in the industry as never before. Whether this impact is more positive than negative is debatable; but the dialogue is of vital interest to hospitals, as technology is the central issue in the current furor over cost control.
mesh_terms: D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D004452:Echocardiography; D004469:Economics, Hospital; D006801:Humans; D013677:Medical Laboratory Science / Q000191:economics* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012040:Regional Health Planning / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014481:United States