ECRI Institute Sees Upward Trend in Hospital Medical Technology Evaluatio...(s vice president SELECT health Technolog...),Health

Date:10/19/2009

s, vice president, SELECT health Technology Services, ECRI Institute. "Even with signs that the economy is improving, we expect that hospitals and health system members will be especially careful in making the right medical technology acquisitions at the best price."

SELECTplus(TM), a capital equipment procurement advisory service, helps hospitals determine the safest, most clinically effective technologies and provides pricing, product quality, and maintenance data to help hospitals purchase devices in the most cost effective way.

For more information about ECRI Institute medical capital, or consumable decision support services and how patient care and cost savings can be improved, contact (610) 825-6000, ext. 5287, e-mail select@ecri.org, or mail us at 5200 Butler Pike, Plymouth Meeting, PA 19462.

About ECRI Institute

ECRI Institute, a nonprofit organization, dedicates itself to bringing the discipline of applied scientific research to healthcare to discover which medical procedures, devices, drugs, and processes are best to enable improved patient care. As pioneers in this science for 40 years, ECRI Institute marries experience and independence with the objectivity of evidence-based research. ECRI Institute is designated a Collaborating Center of the World Health Organization and an Evidence-based Practice Center by the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. ECRI Institute PSO is listed as a federally certified Patient Safety Organization by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. For more information, visit https://www.ecri.org.

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