Health technology
Application of organized knowledge and skills to solve health problems / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Health technology is defined by the World Health Organization as the "application of organized knowledge and skills in the form of devices, medicines, vaccines, procedures, and systems developed to solve a health problem and improve quality of lives".[1] This includes pharmaceuticals, devices, procedures, and organizational systems used in the healthcare industry,[2] as well as computer-supported information systems. In the United States, these technologies involve standardized physical objects, as well as traditional and designed social means and methods to treat or care for patients.[3]
The examples and perspective in this article deal primarily with the United States and do not represent a worldwide view of the subject. (June 2020) |