Managing Technology in Healthcare

The complexity of the health care environment and the difficulties in managing technology in general (and in health care in particular) makes this book a landmark exploration for the purpose of creating in-roads into the largely uncharted territory of health care technology. This text examines the role of technology in the delivery of health care by physicians and other health care workers, and their respective roles in the management of health care technology. The chapters in this book seek to introduce the horizons that are open for scholarly pursuit in this area. The author has two main objectives. Firstly, to provide the reader with an overview of the main issues of concern and the topics of study in managing technology in health care; and secondly, to offer the reader specific knowledge covering a broad range of topics. The volume should be of interest to health care and to R&D/technology scholars and practitioners.