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... But those same technological developments also have alerted us to the necessity that we "count the cost," in Lewis Thomas's phrase, and have provided ttincentive...for technology assessment in medicine." Hundreds of new technologies enter the health care system each year, and the pace of their development indicates no slackening in the foreseeable future. The benefits of the new technologies often are clear and convincing.
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... The worth of technology assessment in medicine goes far beyond its warranty to the patient and its utility to the health care professional. The results of assessment are also needed by the hospitals and other facilities that buy and apply technologies, by industries that develop technologies, by the professional societies that disseminate information to health care practitioners, and by the insurance companies 5 government agencies, and corporate health plans that pay for the applications of technologies.
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... Other federal agencies whose activities include health care, such as the Veterans Administration and the Department of Defense, also have become engaged in medical technology assessment. Congress passed legislation in 1978 establishing the National Center for Health Care Technology (NCHCT)
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... University faculty and research groups conduct many of the assessments of medical technologies based on primary data, principally by means of controlled clinical trials. Several university research units conduct other types of quality medical technology assessment, but, their ef forts tend toward detailed examinations of a few areas of intere st .
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... Poor dissemination of information from good technology assessment contributes to the ris ing cos ts of health care. Conversely, the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, for instance, estimates that its Medical Necessity Program has saved premium payers as much as 500 million dollars in its first five years.
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... Also$ the Institute recently convened ~ conference on costeffective medical cares part of wbicb centered on increased efficiency in practice through the application of new technologies.
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