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      Medical Technology Assessment Directory: A Pilot Reference to Organizations, Assessments and Information Resources

      Council on Health Care Technology,National Academy of Sciences

      Identifying medical technology assessment programs, this directory contains more than 60 profiles of programs that conduct and report on medical technology assessments. Each profile includes a listing of report citations…

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      Assessment of Diagnostic Technology in Health Care: Rationale, Methods, Problems and Directions

      Council on Health Care Technology,Institute of Medicine,Harold C. Sox,National Academy of Sciences

      Presents a monograph that explores methods of and barriers to diagnostic technology assessment and describes the rationale and the guidelines for meaningful evaluation. This book emphasizes the problems involved and…

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      National Priorities for the Assessment of Clinical Conditions and Medical Technologies: Report of a Pilot Study

      Priority-Setting Group,Council on Health Care Technology,Institute of Medicine,National Academy of Sciences

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      Improving Consensus Development for Health Technology Assessment: An International Perspective

      Council on Health Care Technology,Clifford Goodman,Sharon R. Baratz,National Academy of Sciences

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      Consensus Development at the NIH: Improving the Program

      Report of a Study by a Committee of the Institute of Medicine,Council on Health Care Technology,Institute of Medicine,National Academy of Sciences

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      Quality of Life and Technology Assessment

      Council on Health Care Technology,Institute of Medicine,Frederick Mosteller,Jennifer Falotico-Taylor,National Academy of Sciences

      Presents a monograph that addresses some of the gaps in understanding health status and quality of life, such as the use of quality-of-life measures in technology assessment, organ transplantation, and…

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      Supporting Local Health Care in a Chronic Crisis: Management and Financing Approaches in the Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

      Roundtable on the Demography of Forced Migration,Program on Forced Migration and Health at the Mailman School of Public Health,Columbia University,Committee on Population,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education

      Supporting Local Health Care in a Chronic Crisis: Management and Financing Approaches in the Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (2006)

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      Appropriate Use of Advanced Technologies for Radiation Therapy and Surgery in Oncology: Workshop Summary

      National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Institute of Medicine,Board on Health Care Services,National Cancer Policy Forum

      In recent years, the field of oncology has witnessed a number of technological advances, including more precise radiation therapy and minimally invasive surgical techniques. Three-dimensional (3D), stereotactic, and proton-beam radiation…

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      Improving Cancer Diagnosis and Care: Patient Access to Oncologic Imaging and Pathology Expertise and Technologies: Proceedings of a Workshop

      National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Health and Medicine Division,Board on Health Care Services,National Cancer Policy Forum

      Rapid advances in cancer research, the development of new and more sophisticated approaches to diagnostic testing, and the growth in targeted cancer therapies are transforming the landscape of cancer diagnosis…

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      The Promise of Assistive Technology to Enhance Activity and Work Participation

      National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine,Health and Medicine Division,Board on Health Care Services,Board on Health Care Services

      The U.S. Census Bureau has reported that 56.7 million Americans had some type of disability in 2010, which represents 18.7 percent of the civilian noninstitutionalized population included in the 2010…

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      Disability Evaluation Study Design: First Interim Report

      Division of Health Care Services,Institute of Medicine,Committee on National Statistics,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

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      For the Record: Protecting Electronic Health Information

      Committee on Maintaining Privacy and Security in Health Care Applications of the National Information Infrastructure,Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Responds to the health care industry’s need for greater guidance in protecting health information that flows through the national information infrastructure - from patient to provider, payer, analyst, employer, government…

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      Medical Innovation in the Changing Healthcare Marketplace: Conference Summary

      National Research Council,Institute of Medicine,Board on Health Care Services,Policy and Global Affairs,Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy

      A wave of new health care innovation and growing demand for health care, coupled with uncertain productivity improvements, could severely challenge efforts to control future health care costs. A committee…

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      Reaping the Benefits of Genomic and Proteomic Research: Intellectual Property Rights, Innovation, and Public Health

      Committee on Intellectual Property Rights in Genomic and Protein Research and Innovation,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Recommends 13 actions that policy-makers, courts, universities, and health and patent officials should take to prevent the complex web of IP protections from getting in the way of potential breakthroughs…

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      Occupational Health and Workplace Monitoring at Chemical Agent Disposal Facilities

      Committee on Review and Evaluation of the Army Chemical Stockpile Disposal Program,Board on Army Science and Technology,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      In keeping with a congressional mandate (Public Law 104-484) and the Chemical Weapons Convention, the United States is currently destroying its chemical weapons stockpile. The Army must ensure that the…

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      Occupational Health and Safety in the Care and Use of Research Animals

      Committee on Occupational Safety and Health in Research Animal Facilities,Institute of Laboratory Animal Resources,Commission on Life Sciences,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Useful as a companion to Guide For the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals , this book identifies principles for building a program, and discusses the accountability of institutional leaders…

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      Globalization, Biosecurity, and the Future of the Life Sciences

      Committee on Advances in Technology and the Prevention of Their Application to Next Generation Biowarfare Threats,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Biomedical advances have made it possible to manipulate features of living organisms in useful ways. This book examines the trends and objectives of research in public health, life sciences, and…

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