If you’re wondering what technologies will likely cross your facility’s threshold over the coming year, ECRI Institute, an independent nonprofit that researches the best approaches to improving patient care, has developed a list of the top 10 health technology issues for every healthcare facilities’ managers’ ‘watch’ list.
“Technology is increasingly a top management concern, and is no longer confined to clinical and technical decision making. Themes emerging on our 2012 list reflect ongoing impacts of healthcare reform initiatives and new technology developments that emphasize patient-centered care,” says ECRI Institute President and CEO Jeffrey C. Lerner, PhD.
“This list addresses safety improvements, interconnectedness of technology, personalized medicine tailored to individual care characteristics and preferences, and increasing cost pressures,” adds Lerner.
The top 10 technologies are:
- Electronic health records:
- Minimally invasive bariatric surgery
- Digital breast tomosynthesis
- CT radiation reduction technologies
- Trans-catheter heart valve implantation
- Robotic-assisted surgery
- New cardiac stent developments
- Ultrahigh-field-strength MRI systems
- Personalized therapeutic vaccines for cancer
- Proton beam radiation therap
For more information, see www.ecri.org |
