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 | The examples and perspective in this article deal primarily with the United States and do not represent a worldwide view of the subject. (June 2020) |
Health technology is defined by the World Health Organization as the "application of organized knowledge and skills in the form of devices, medicines, vaccines, procedures, and systems developed to solve a health problem and improve quality of lives".[1] This includes pharmaceuticals, devices, procedures, and organizational systems used in the healthcare industry,[2] as well as computer-supported information systems. In the United States, these technologies involve standardized physical objects, as well as traditional and designed social means and methods to treat or care for patients.[3]
- ^ "Technology, Health". World Health Organization. Archived from the original on August 23, 2004. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
- ^ INAHTA (International Network of Agencies for Health Technology Assessment). (8 June 2009). "HTA glossary". INAHTA. Archived from the original on 26 May 2009.
- ^ Ubokudom, Sunday (2012). United States Health Care Policymaking: Ideological, Social and Cultural Differences and Major Influences. New York: Springer Science+Business Media, LLC. p. 109. ISBN 9781461431688.