Technology plays a critical role in the management of health care, the system, its delivery and its organizations. This book examines the role of technology in the delivery of health care by physicians and other health care workers, and their respective roles in the management of health care technology. The complexity of the health care environment and the difficulties in managing technology in general (and in health care in particular) makes this book a landmark exploration for the purpose of creating in-roads into the largely uncharted territory of health care technology. The chapters in this book will introduce the horizons that are open for scholarly pursuit in this area. Managing Technology in Healthcare has two main objectives. First, to provide the reader with an overview of the main issues of concern and the topics of study in managing technology in health care. Second, to offer the reader specific knowledge embedded in the eleven chapters of the book, covering a broad range of topics of interest to health care and to R&D/technology scholars and practitioners.

Part 1: Role of Technology in Health Care. 1. Technology in Health Care: Definitions, Role and Mapping the Field; E. Geisler, O. Heller. 2. Forms of Technology and Effectiveness of Health Care Clinics; R. Lachman. 3. Technology-Based Service Innovation in Hospitals: The Role of Collective and Competitive Strategies; J. Goes. Part 2: Organizational and Economic Evaluation. 4. Cost Effectiveness and Cost Utility Analysis: Methods for the Non-Economic Evaluation of Health Care Programs and How We Can Do Better; S. Birch, A. Gafni. 5. Pacing and Outcomes: The Economic Implications; C. Brown Mahoney. 6. Management Technologies for Managing the Health Care Sector Technologies; A. Reisman. 7. From Planning to the Market: Changes in Hospital Approaches to Medical Technology; A. Lennarson Greer. Part 3: Management Practices. 8. Forgotten Paths in Medicine: The Case of Chronic Kidney Disease; D. Ahlstrum, R. Garud. 9. Re-engineering the Hospital; A. Roth, S.P. Johnson. 10. The Necessity of Commercializing New Medical Technologies before Clinical Use is Determined; J.H. Friar. 11. International Comparison of the Approval of New Drugs; S. Schweitzer. Index.