Title :
Health care technology management: challenges faced by Estonia in the globalizing economical environment
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Med. Devices, State Agency of Medicines, Tartu, Estonia
Abstract :
The goal of the paper is to demonstrate, using Estonia as an example, some general and country-specific aspects of Medical Technology Management challenge, characteristic to a country transitioning from East European (Soviet Block) economy to Western technology and free market. The paper is based on implemented and proposed activities to meet the challenges.
Keywords :
biomedical engineering; health care; management; East European; Soviet Block; Western technology; challenges faced by Estonia; country-specific aspects; free market; globalizing economical environment; health care technology management; implemented activities; proposed activities; Ambulatory surgery; Dentistry; Environmental economics; Geography; History; Hospitals; Medical services; Orthopedic surgery; Paper technology; Technology management;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 2002. 24th Annual Conference and the Annual Fall Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society EMBS/BMES Conference, 2002. Proceedings of the Second Joint
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7612-9
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2002.1053093
