PUBHLTH 129 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Telemedicine, Blood Sugar, Health Technology Assessment

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It provides numerous benefits, but society must bear its high cost. It raises consumer expectations and leads to wasteful care especially because insured individuals do not bear the costs. It leads to overspecialization in medical practice: countries that have national health insurance programs have to ration technology to hold down costs. Free access to technology makes the cost of health care less affordable. It places severe limitations on the nation"s ability to extend health care to all americans: complex moral and ethical issues arise in medical decision making. Any scientific discovery that finds its application in improving the delivery of medical care. It results from the application of scientific knowledge produced by biomedical research. It adapts certain developments from other scientific fields, such as chemistry, physics, engineering, etc. Forms of medical technology: equipment and devices. Information technology applications: clinical information systems support patient care delivery and clinical decision making.

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