Title: Technology and innovation in the restructuring of healthcare delivery

Authors: Eliezer Geisler

Addresses: Stuart Graduate School of Business, Illinois Institute of Technology, 565 West Adams Street, Chicago, IL 60661, USA

Abstract: In the past decade, the healthcare delivery industry in the United States has experienced aggressive restructuring and redesign. This paper examines the role that medical technology played in this restructuring, and the impacts of restructuring the industry on medical technology and its management. Managed-care, integration and strategic alliances are identified as main dimensions of restructuring. Their impacts on medical technology include selective usage of technology, improved standards and emphasis on networking. A typology of providers is also suggested, based on the target of the medical technology (clinical or administrative) and the type of innovation (incremental or revolutionary).

Keywords: restructuring; medical technology; managed-care; integration; strategic alliances; healthcare delivery.

DOI: 10.1504/IJHTM.2001.001111

International Journal of Healthcare Technology and Management, 2001 Vol.3 No.2/3/4, pp.111-122

Published online: 30 Jun 2003 *

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