Advancing Federal Sector Health Care: A Model for Technology Transfer (Health Informatics)

Ramsaroop, Peter; Ball, Marion J.; Beaulieu, David; Douglas, Judith V.

ISBN 10: 0387951075 / ISBN 13: 9780387951072

Published by Springer, New York

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Very Good condition. The covers look great with only light shelf wear. The binding is tight. There is an organization stamp on the title page; otherwise the book is Like New. The interior pages are clean and unmarked. There is a small abrasion to the front flyleaf. No dust jacket, probably as issued. USPS electronic tracking number issued free of charge.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Advancing Federal Sector Health Care: A Model for Technology Transfer (Health Informatics)
• Publisher: Springer, New York
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0387951075
• ISBN 13: 9780387951072
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Printing: First Printing
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Dimensions: 9.5W x 6.25H x 0.9D inches 9.5 inches width by 6.25 inches height by 0.9 inches depth

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Synopsis

As a result of severe wounds received in World War II, I have spent many months in military hospitals, including 20 months in an Army hospital immediately after the war. I continue to use the Military Health System, as do many of my colleagues in Congress, because I firmly believe the quality of health care delivered in military and veterans hospitals is second to none. The largest system of its type in the world, the U.S. military healthcare system is undergoing changes as dramatic as those experienced by the entire country. During Desert Storm, we saw new technologies, such as telemedicine, at work in the field. Since then, military medicine has contin­ ued to imprave and develop innovations that often focus on healthcare issues of concern to society as a whole. We already have seen technology transfer at work. Things we use in our everyday lives, from sunscreen to the Internet, have come to us directly from innovations developed by federal researchers. The private sector, working with the public agencies, has creatively adapted federal research. For example, the hemopump is used successfully by heart surgeons world­ wide to save heart patients. This device, developed by Richard Wampler, was based on satellite technology information that was declassified in the early 1980s. The chapters in this book focus on current federal sector efforts to shape health care and technology transfer. Many of the initiatives described involve some degree of partnering between the public and private sectors.