scholarly journals The problem of health technology: policy implications for modern health care systems

2007 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Buskens
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Technology Policy ◽  
Health Care Systems ◽  
Health Technology ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Modern Health Care ◽  
Care Systems

Accountability for Rationing — Theory into Practice

2005 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 660-668 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher Newdick
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
National Health Service ◽  
Health Service ◽  
National Health ◽  
Health Care Systems ◽  
The Public ◽  
Modern Health Care ◽  
Concept Of Health ◽  
Care Systems ◽  
Health Need

Most now recognize the inevitability of rationing in modern health care systems. The elastic nature of the concept of “health need,” our natural human sympathy for those in distress, the increased range of conditions for which treatment is available, the “greying” of the population; all expand demand for care in ways that exceed the supply of resources to provide it. UK governments, however, have found this truth difficult to present and have not encouraged open and candid public debate about choices in health care. Indeed, successive governments have presented the opposite view, that “if you are ill or injured there will be a national health service there to help; and access to it will be based on need and need alone.” And they have been rightly criticized for misleading the public and then blaming clinical and managerial staffin the National Health Service (NHS) when expectations have been disappointed.

scholarly journals Community system of social support

2017 ◽  
Vol 127 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-40
Author(s):  
Krzysztof Włoch ◽  
Janusz Jaroszyński ◽  
Ewa Warchoł-Sławińska ◽  
Anna Jurek ◽  
Bartłomiej Drop ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Systems ◽  
Family Doctors ◽  
Community System ◽  
Modern Health Care ◽  
Number Of Patients ◽  
The World ◽  
Care Systems ◽  
Is Evaluation

Abstract Community System of Social Support is the basis of modern health care systems not only in Poland but all over the world in the prophylaxis-treatment-rehabilitation procedure. In Poland, family doctors, commune councils and territorial self-governments are involved in it. Family doctors perform a substantial function, whereas commune councils and territorial self-governments an administrative one. The principle of the system work is evaluation of its benefits. Its aim is the reduction of the number of patients who abuse alcohol and those who abuse alcohol despite treatment.

Biocompatibility of polymer-based biomaterials and medical devices – regulations,in vitroscreening and risk-management

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (8) ◽  
pp. 2025-2053 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mélisande Bernard ◽  
Emile Jubeli ◽  
Michael D. Pungente ◽  
Najet Yagoubi
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Risk Management ◽  
Medical Devices ◽  
Health Care Systems ◽  
Modern Health Care ◽  
Care Systems

Biomaterials play an increasing role in modern health care systems.

Health-care technology assessment: a clinical perspective

2004 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 87-91 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cyril Chantler
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Technology Assessment ◽  
Technology Assessment ◽  
Health Care Systems ◽  
Health Technology ◽  
Evidence Base ◽  
Public Health Care ◽  
Care Systems ◽  
Care Technology ◽  
Provision Of Care

Health technology assessment needs to relate to contemporary questions which concern public health-care systems: how to keep people healthy, how to focus on the needs of those with chronic disabilities and integrate care between the hospital and the community, how to encourage and audit effective teamwork, and how to establish a consensus about what is effective and affordable. Clinicians have an ethical responsibility to practice efficiently and economically, for profligacy in the care of one patient may mean that another is treated inadequately. For similar reasons, clinicians need to play a full role in the management of services. Advice from health technology assessment is vital and needs to be accurate, relevant, timely, clear, and accessible. As well as being concerned about what works, we need also to eliminate from practice what does not. Regular audit and appraisal of practice against the evidence base should be useful in this respect. Alternative approaches to management, such as the provision of care as opposed to aggressive treatments, need to be evaluated, and health technology assessment needs to consider how services are delivered, not just specific treatments.

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