This paper reports on a survey of health care
managers and other stakeholders which
assesses the need for a framework regarding
predictive technologies in health care management.
In the context of this paper, predictive
technologies are defined as those that enable an
insight into, or measurement of, events yet to
occur. A framework could include the ability to
classify the problems confronting managers, and
the range of possible tools and techniques that
could be used to address those problems. This
could be of mutual benefit to health care managers,
technologists and modellers. The survey was
intended to clarify the level of interest in such a
framework, and also the possible dimensions that
it ought to contain. Our results indicate that there
is strong support for a proposed framework, with
97% of respondents indicating that a framework
would be possibly or very useful. The results also
show a low level of background knowledge in
relation to existing tools, techniques and technologies.
The draft framework is also presented. It
includes dimensions relating to problem and tool
definitions, scenarios to be investigated and the
findings of those investigations.