• DocumentCode
    2490257
  • Title

    Health care technology management: challenges faced by Estonia in the globalizing economical environment

  • Author

    Aid, Siim

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Med. Devices, State Agency of Medicines, Tartu, Estonia
  • Volume
    3
  • fYear
    2002
  • fDate
    23-26 Oct. 2002
  • Firstpage
    1920
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • 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
  • ISSN
    1094-687X
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7612-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IEMBS.2002.1053093
  • Filename
    1053093