title: Beyond tech assessment: balancing needs, strategy.
abstract: Technology assessment is undergoing a profound transformation in some hospitals. Driven by diverse (and sometimes contradictory) pressures from consumers and payers for cutting-edge yet cost-effective care, hospitals are finding that the evaluation process is growing more complex. Experts say that a formalized assessment process can balance organizational goals and community needs.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lumsdon
mesh_terms: D001294:Attitude to Health; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D004465:Economic Competition; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006752:Hospital Planning / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008505:Medical Staff, Hospital; D017008:Negotiating; D009922:Oregon; D016377:Organ Transplantation / Q000191:economics; D010934:Planning Techniques; D011367:Professional Staff Committees; D013673:Technology Assessment, Biomedical / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States