title: Emerging technologies in healthcare: navigating risks, evaluating rewards.
abstract: The purpose of this prescriptive research is to help decision makers become better informed about three technologies emerging in the healthcare arena by providing a basic description of the technology and describing their current applications, future healthcare deployment, potential risks, and related managerial issues. Two of the technologies, radio frequency identification (RFID) and global positioning systems (GPS), are currently available to healthcare organizations and appear capable of decreasing cost but may require significant initial investment and have disruptive potential. The third technology, nanotechnology, has limited current use but may revolutionize both the delivery of medicine and hospital infrastructure management. With cautious attention to managerial issues and meticulous attention to implementation details, healthcare organizations that can successfully navigate the coming technologically driven paradigm shifts will emerge more resilient organizations.
authors.affiliation: Health Care Management, Appalachian State University, USA. elizabethmcgrady@sbcglobal.net
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: McGrady
authors.forename: Sue
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Conger
authors.forename: Sandra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Blanke
authors.forename: Brett J L
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Landry
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D040362:Geographic Information Systems; D036103:Nanotechnology; D057233:Radio Frequency Identification Device; D013673:Technology Assessment, Biomedical; D014481:United States