Technology Processes Of Assessment And Choice

Author : Institute of Medicine,Division of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention,Division of Health Sciences Policy,Committee for Evaluating Medical Technologies in Clinical Use
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 592 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1985-02-01
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780309035835

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Assessing Medical Technologies by Institute of Medicine,Division of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention,Division of Health Sciences Policy,Committee for Evaluating Medical Technologies in Clinical Use Pdf

New drugs, new devices, improved surgical techniques, and innovative diagnostic procedures and equipment emerge rapidly. But development of these technologies has outpaced evaluation of their safety, efficacy, cost-effectiveness, and ethical and social consequences. This volume, which is "strongly recommended" by The New England Journal of Medicine "to all those interested in the future of the practice of medicine," examines how new discoveries can be translated into better care, and how the current system's inefficiencies prevent effective health care delivery. In addition, the book offers detailed profiles of 20 organizations currently involved in medical technology assessment, and proposes ways to organize U.S. efforts and create a coordinated national system for evaluating new medical treatments and technology.

Author : National Academy of Sciences (U.S.). Panel on Technology Assessment,National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
Publisher : National Academies
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Technology
ISBN : STANFORD:36105043883433

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Technology: Processes of Assessment and Choice by National Academy of Sciences (U.S.). Panel on Technology Assessment,National Academy of Sciences (U.S.) Pdf

Author : Armin Grunwald
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2018-11-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780429809699

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Technology Assessment in Practice and Theory by Armin Grunwald Pdf

Technological advance affects almost all areas of human life. Rapid digitization, increased mobility, new biotechnologies, and nanotechnology deeply influence, amongst others, industrial production, entertainment, work, military affairs, and individual life. Besides overwhelmingly positive effects on wealth, comfort, innovation, and development, this also raises questions of unintended effects, of tensions with democracy, of the role of citizens, and of its sustainability facing environmental issues. Tools and procedures are needed to cope with this challenging situation. Technology assessment (TA) has been developed more than fifty years ago to enable science, the economy, and society to harvest the potential of new technology to the maximum extent possible and to deal responsibly with possible adverse effects. It was developed more than 50 years ago in the U.S. Congress and has diversified considerably in the meantime. Parliamentary TA in many European states and at the international level, participatory TA at the local and regional levels worldwide, and TA as part of engineering processes are the most relevant fields today. Technology assessment is a growing field of interdisciplinary research and scientific policy advice. This volume (a) gives an overview of motivations of TA, its history and its current practices, (b) develops a fresh theoretical perspective on TA rooted in social theory and philosophy, and (c) draws conclusions from the theoretical perspective for the further development of TA’s practices. It provides the first comprehensive view on the growing field of TA at the international level.

Author : National Academy of Sciences (U.S.). Panel on Technology Assessment,National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
Publisher : National Academies
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Technology
ISBN : STANFORD:36105119656168

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Technology: Processes of Assessment and Choice by National Academy of Sciences (U.S.). Panel on Technology Assessment,National Academy of Sciences (U.S.) Pdf

Author : Matthew Cotton
Publisher : Springer
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2014-06-11
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783642450884

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Ethics and Technology Assessment: A Participatory Approach by Matthew Cotton Pdf

Whether it is nuclear power, geo-engineering or genetically modified foods, the development of new technologies can be fraught with complex ethical challenges and political controversy which defy simple resolution. In the past two decades there has been a shift towards processes of Participatory Technology Assessment designed to build channels of two-way communication between technical specialists and non-expert citizens, and to incorporate multiple stakeholder perspectives in the governance of contentious technology programmes. This participatory turn has spurred a need for new tools and techniques to encourage group deliberation and capture public values, moral and choices. This book specifically examines the ethical dimensions of controversial technologies, and discusses how these can be evaluated in a philosophically robust manner when the ones doing the deliberating are not ethicists, legal or technical experts. Grounded in philosophical pragmatism and drawing upon empirical work in partnership with citizen-stakeholders, this book presents a model called “Reflective Ethical Mapping” - a new meta-ethical framework and toolbox of techniques to facilitate citizen engagement with technology ethics.

Author : National Research Council,Policy and Global Affairs,Office of International Affairs,Committee on Japan
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1992-02-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780309047807

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Japan's Growing Technological Capability by National Research Council,Policy and Global Affairs,Office of International Affairs,Committee on Japan Pdf

The perspectives of technologists, economists, and policymakers are brought together in this volume. It includes chapters dealing with approaches to assessment of technology leadership in the United States and Japan, an evaluation of future impacts of eroding U.S. technological preeminence, an analysis of the changing nature of technology-based global competition, and a discussion of policy options for the United States.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Astronautics. Subcommittee on Science, Research, and Development
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 522 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Administrative agencies
ISBN : LOC:00183669801

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Technology Assessment by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Astronautics. Subcommittee on Science, Research, and Development Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. House Science and Astronautics
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 598 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105119599517

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Technology Assessment, Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Science, Research, and Development...91-1, November 18, 24; December 2, 3, 4, 8, and 12, 1969 by United States. Congress. House Science and Astronautics Pdf

Author : Harold F. O'Neil,Eva L. Baker
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Education
ISBN : 0805812490

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Technology Assessment in Software Applications by Harold F. O'Neil,Eva L. Baker Pdf

This volume offers an expansion of ideas presented at a recent conference convened to identify the major strategies and more promising practices for assessing technology. The authors -- representing government, business, and university sectors -- helped to set the boundaries of present technology assessment by offering perspectives from computer science, cognitive and military psychology, and education. Their work explores both the use of techniques to assess technology and the use of technology to facilitate the assessment process. The book's main purpose is to portray the state of the art in technology assessment and to provide conceptual options to help readers understand the power of technology. Technological innovation will continue to develop its own standards of practice and effectiveness. To the extent that these practices are empirically based, designers, supporters, and consumers will be given better information for their decisions.

Author : Michael Decker,Miltos Ladikas
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2013-03-09
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783662061718

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Bridges between Science, Society and Policy by Michael Decker,Miltos Ladikas Pdf

The Europaische Akademie zur Erforschung von Folgen wissenschaftlich-techni scher Entwicklungen Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler GmbH (european academy) is con cerned with the scientific study of the consequences of scientific and technological advance for the individual and social life and for the natural environment. The main focus is to examine foreseeable mid-and long-term processes that are especially influenced by natural-and engineering sciences and the medical disciplines. The academy fulfills this task by organizing interdisciplinary expert discussions. Another important issue of the work of the Europaische Akademie concerns the methodology of Technology Assessment as a general issue. This is the main reason that the european academy organized during the past two years a project funded by the European Commission on Technology Assessment. Methods and Impact (TAMI). Together with partners from all over Europe a common understanding of what Tech nology Assessment (TA) is supposed to do was developed. Most importantly it was acknowledged that the core of any TA activity has to be a sound scientific under standing of the relevant phenomena. Communication then is of cordial importance to reach the relevant decision makers as well as the general public. It is true that this phase of the TA process has been treated with too little attention for many years. The communication processes between scientific advisers and policy makers have hence to be further scrutinized.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Science and Astronautics Committee
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105111239567

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Office of Technology Assessment, Background and Status, Report..., Prepared by the Science Policy Research Division, Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress, August 1973 by United States. Congress. House. Science and Astronautics Committee Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Rules and Administration. Subcommittee on Computer Services
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Technology assessment
ISBN : SRLF:A0000425843

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Technology Assessment for the Congress by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Rules and Administration. Subcommittee on Computer Services Pdf

Technology assessment -- Legislative history of proposals for an office of technology assessment -- The technology assessment movement -- The technology assessment act of 1972 (P.L. 92-484) -- Operational concepts for implementing technology assessment -- On methodology for TA.

Author : Schreiner, Christopher S.
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2009-05-31
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781605666686

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Handbook of Research on Assessment Technologies, Methods, and Applications in Higher Education by Schreiner, Christopher S. Pdf

"This research publication accommodates in-depth studies that elucidate both the prospects and problems of learning assessment in higher education"--Provided by publisher.

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Rules and Administration
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105119597826

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Technology Assessment for the Congress, Staff Study of the Subcommittee on Computer Services ..., November 1, 1972 by United States. Congress. Senate. Rules and Administration Pdf

Author : Laura M. Roa Romero
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 1978 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2013-10-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783319008462

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XIII Mediterranean Conference on Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing 2013 by Laura M. Roa Romero Pdf

The general theme of MEDICON 2013 is "Research and Development of Technology for Sustainable Healthcare". This decade is being characterized by the appearance and use of emergent technologies under development. This situation has produced a tremendous impact on Medicine and Biology from which it is expected an unparalleled evolution in these disciplines towards novel concept and practices. The consequence will be a significant improvement in health care and well-fare, i.e. the shift from a reactive medicine to a preventive medicine. This shift implies that the citizen will play an important role in the healthcare delivery process, what requires a comprehensive and personalized assistance. In this context, society will meet emerging media, incorporated to all objects, capable of providing a seamless, adaptive, anticipatory, unobtrusive and pervasive assistance. The challenge will be to remove current barriers related to the lack of knowledge required to produce new opportunities for all the society, while new paradigms are created for this inclusive society to be socially and economically sustainable, and respectful with the environment. In this way, these proceedings focus on the convergence of biomedical engineering topics ranging from formalized theory through experimental science and technological development to practical clinical applications.