[PDF] Assessing medical technologies Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee for Evaluating Medical Technologies in Clinical Use.; Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Division of Health Sciences Policy.; Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Division of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention.

Examines how various discoveries can be translated into better care, and how the system’s inefficiencies prevent effective health care delivery. This book also offers profiles of 20 organizations involved in medical technology assessment, and proposes ways to organize US efforts and create a national system for evaluating medical treatments.