title: Taking a critical look at technology: smarter purchasers make smarter users.
abstract: That new technology being lauded in today's medical journals may not be just what the doctor ordered for your healthcare organization. The decision to use it, the experts say, should rely on a thorough assessment of cost, quality and, especially, patient outcomes.
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authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Darby
mesh_terms: D002201:Capital Expenditures; D003363:Cost Control; D003625:Data Collection; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D006801:Humans; D011682:Purchasing, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D012985:Software Design; D013673:Technology Assessment, Biomedical / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States