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Showing 1 to 20 of 111 for “"Medical Technology"”.
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Understanding Trust in Medical Technology: Using the Example of Obstetrics
Understanding how patients and operators trust medical technology will provide insight into the role, implementation and use of technology in health systems. Models developed in aviation and manufacturing that predict operators' trust or distrust in technology (Biros, 2004; Jian, Bisantz, Drury, & …
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Clinical Cost-Effectiveness as a Novel Metric for Steering Emerging Medical Technology
Background: Steering an emerging medical technology involves making decisions under uncertainty. Localized drug delivery (LDD) is an emerging medical technology that may be useful in treating epilepsy, which is burdensome and difficult to clinically manage. Costeffectiveness analysis (CEA) is a …
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BALANCING COST, HEALTHCARE QUALITY, AND ADVANCED MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY IN PREGNANCY, LABOR AND DELIVERY
… in the 1970s as a result of increasing medical technologies throughout the 1960s. The American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology was founded in 1927. This led to the first appreciation of obstetrics and gynecology as a specialty within the United States healthcare system. Technological …
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Factors Involved in the Decision to Adopt Computer-Assisted Instruction in Medical Technology Education
… instruction has been used in nursing and medical education since the early 1960s. Published material concerning the use of the computer has been available in both fields. Since there was a dearth of material on the use of computers in the education of medical technology students, a survey …
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The impact of angel investors on founders of new ventures in the medical technology industry
Founders of new ventures in the medical technology (Medtech) industry require capital to establish, sustain, and grow their companies. Most founders must seek some form of external capital to meet these demands; in Medtech, the most well-known and prestigious of these is venture capital (VC). …
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The Contribution of Selected Cognitive and Noncognitive Variables to the Academic Success of Medical Technology Students
… success of African-American versus Caucasian medical technology students attending traditionally black institutions versus majority institutions. Academic success was defined as cumulative grade point average, cumulative clinical practica grades, and graduation status. The cognitive variable …
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The Normative Approach of the Catholic Tradition in the Ethical and Religious Directives for Resolving Ethical Dilemmas Regarding Medical Technology
… dilemmas regarding pivotal breakthroughs in medical technology.</p> <p>This normative ethical approach has two components: a normative framework for Catholic health care ethics that adopts practical ethical principles as enunciated in the Ethical and Religious<em> </em>Directives (Chapter 2) …
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Ethics Education in Neonatology: The Past, The Present, and Hope For A Future
… revolutions of the 1960s and the rapid rise of medical technology. Neonatology was first recognized as a subspecialty within the field of pediatrics in 1975. The extent to which advances in medical technology have transformed the field of neonatology is unmatched by those in any other field. …
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Evaluation of the medical device approval lag between the United States and the European Union
… world leader in development and manufacture of medical devices. Even with this leadership position, there is evidence that the US is often not the first country to have new medical technology approved for patient use. In many cases, the European Union is the first geographic region to approve a …
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A system dynamics model for the diffusion of a new technology
… pattern (or diffusion pattern) for the new technology in the marketplace. The expected diffusion pattern is important because it affects and is affected by the production, financial, sales and distribution strategies for the new technology, as well as decisions related to marketing and …
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Social support among mothers of infants who were hospitalized for an extended period from birth
Since the mid-1970's advances in medical technology have influenced the population of infants currently receiving care in neonatal intensive care units. The survival rate of infants who are severely disabled or critically ill has increased. Consequently, the care of infants with special needs has …
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Study of the Impact of Health Control on Healthcare Optimization in Medical Establishments // Проучване на влиянието на здравния контрол върху оптимизацията на здравните грижи в лечебните заведения
… control on the optimization of healthcare in medical establishments is essential. It is insufficiently explored in the context of changing socio-economic relations and reforms in our country. The basic hygiene rules applied in healthcare establishments are known to help protect the patient …
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Subjective Quality of Life in Dialysis Patients
With the ever increasing ability of medical technology to prolong life, quality of life is an increasingly legitimate medical outcome. This is an ethnographic study on the perceived quality of life of hemodialysis dependent end stage renal disease patients. The study used participant observations …
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Subjective Quality of Life in Dialysis Patients
With the ever increasing ability of medical technology to prolong life, quality of life is an increasingly legitimate medical outcome. This is an ethnographic study on the perceived quality of life of hemodialysis dependent end stage renal disease patients. The study used participant observations …
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Change of heart: Rethinking the prescriptive medical environment
… have long been essential components of medical treatment regimes. Though many of these regimes may have experienced only short-lived success as products of trends in popular culture, the complex relationship between environmental exposure and cure is one that is fundamental to the …
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Healthcare Technology: A Strategic Approach to Medical Device Management
<p>The constant evolution of medical technology has increased the demand for managing medical devices to ensure safety and effectiveness. In this paper I will investigate how biomedical engineering has addressed the issue of equipment management and identifies strategies to successfully maintain an …
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