title: Health care technology assessment: implications for modern medical practice. Part I. Understanding technology adoption and analyses.
abstract: In the modern era of rapidly rising medical costs, health care technology assessment--multidisciplinary evaluation of clinical and economic aspects of technology--has assumed an increasingly important role in health policy and clinical decision-making. This review examines health care technology adoption, its impact on medical and surgical practice, and recent trends in health care technology assessment. Part I discusses the difficult challenges posed by assessment and provides a guide to the methodologies used.
authors: Internal Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
authors: Read G
authors: RG
authors: Pierce
authors: Kevin J
authors: KJ
authors: Bozic
authors: Bruce Lee
authors: BL
authors: Hall
authors: James
authors: J
authors: Breivis
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000191:economics*; D004470:Economics, Medical; D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D008511:Medicine / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends; D013673:Technology Assessment, Biomedical; D018581:Technology Transfer; D013675:Technology, High-Cost; D014481:United States