Medical Technology Assessment Directory, Goodman Clifford (Ed.), Council on Health Care Technology, Institute of Medicine. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 1988, 662 pp., $250.

The Council on Health Care Technology of the Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences, has published the Medical Technology Assessment Directory. The 712 page directory is an extensive compilation and description of activities in the field.The publication is designed to help crystallize the subject matter of medical technology assessment and to identify and serve the emerging network of individuals, organizations, and institutions that generate and use technology assessments. The directory provides access to assessment people, programs, and resources to keep users up to date on developments in the field. It should be useful for reviewing available assessments of a particular technology before beginning an assessment project or making a decision on coverage, reimbursement, acquisition, medical practice, or standard setting.The directory includes profiles of 68 assessment programs and a total of approximately 3,200 bibliographic citations of their assessment reports. These programs are located in public and private sector organizations, including professional, scientific, and industry associations, biomedical research institutions, educational institutions, government advisory bodies, regulatory agencies, third party payers, policy institutes, and for-profit corporations.

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Quality of Care and Technology Assessment. Report of a Forum of the Council on Health Care Technology, Kathleen N. Lohr & Richard A. Rettig, eds. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, Institute of Medicine, 1988, 148 pp., no charge from IOM.

International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care ◽

10.1017/s0266462300000891 ◽

1990 ◽

Vol 6 (2) ◽

pp. 347-348

Author(s):

Miriam Orleans

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Quality Of Care ◽

Technology Assessment ◽

Washington Dc ◽

Institute Of Medicine ◽

Health Care Technology ◽

Assessment Report ◽

Care Technology ◽

Press Institute

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Quality of life and technology assessment. Monograph of the council on health care technology of the institute of medicine

Health Policy ◽

10.1016/0168-8510(91)90122-e ◽

1991 ◽

Vol 17 (1) ◽

pp. 90-91

Author(s):

S. Hunt

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Health Care ◽

Technology Assessment ◽

Institute Of Medicine ◽

Health Care Technology ◽

Care Technology

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Medical technology assessment and the role of economic evaluation in health care

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice ◽

10.1111/j.1365-2753.1996.tb00059.x ◽

1996 ◽

Vol 2 (4) ◽

pp. 287-294 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

E.M.M. Adang ◽

A. Ament ◽

C.D. Dirksen

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Economic Evaluation ◽

Technology Assessment ◽

Medical Technology ◽

Medical Technology Assessment

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Current Issues in Health Care Technology Assessment

International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care ◽

10.1017/s0266462300006012 ◽

1989 ◽

Vol 5 (1) ◽

pp. 123-136 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Frederick Mosteller ◽

Elisabeth Burdick

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Health Care ◽

Technology Assessment ◽

The United States ◽

Health Care Technology ◽

The Public ◽

National System ◽

Care Technology

This article presents an overview of technology assessment in the United States. The authors argue that while there are numerous institutions carrying out assessments, the United States requires an overall plan that would provide a national system for technology assessment. If technology assessment were more organized and systematized, the authors argue, it would be more efficient and would reach the public and the medical world effectively.

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