Technology cost versus benefits
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
HHS task force charged with encouraging medical innovation should consider ways HHS "can document and measure the collective value to society of advances in healthcare, to ensure that the benefits of innovation are fully recognized and accounted for," The Value Group maintains in an 1Aug. 23 letter. Comprised of healthcare industry leaders, including AdvaMed, The Value Group released a report touting the benefits of new technology earlier this year (2"The Gray Sheet" Feb. 2, 2004, p. 3)...