Health Care Technology Assessment Handbook

The process of investing in new technology is not only highly speculative but essential for the long term viability of a hospital. Competitive pressures will inevitably intensify as challenges such as declining reimbursement mount. At the same time, concurrent demands from both physicians and consumers require assurance that hospitals are in possesion of the most advanced technology.This book provides an understanding of the questions, issues and challenges hospitals contend with in developing a disciplined process for evaluating new technology and all the cost benefit, regulatory issues attendant to acqisitions decisions.This highy practical and applied text provides hands-on tools for making these critical high cost decisions.Fine, Allan is the author of 'Health Care Technology Assessment Handbook ', published 2006 under ISBN 9780763745578 and ISBN 076374557X.