title: Deciding to buy expensive technology. The case of biliary lithotripsy.
abstract: Acquiring expensive, new medical technology requires an evaluation of the efficacy and effectiveness, safety, profitability, feasibility, and risk of a project in the context of the hospital's social responsibility and institutional strategy. A case study of the decision to bring biliary lithotripsy to Strong Memorial Hospital illustrates how these criteria offer managers a coherent approach to difficult and consequential decisions about acquiring medical technology.
authors.affiliation: Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, USA.
authors.forename: S N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Weingart
mesh_terms: D002201:Capital Expenditures; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000191:economics* / Q000628:therapy; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D017721:Hospital Costs / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006785:Hospitals, University / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008096:Lithotripsy / Q000191:economics* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D009518:New York; D011682:Purchasing, Hospital; D013673:Technology Assessment, Biomedical / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*