Tuesday, November 17, 2009

ECRI Names Top Seven Technologies for 2010

After taking into account feedback from payers this year and health reform issues such as comparative effectiveness and economic pressures, ECRI Institute (Plymouth Meeting, PA) has created a list of the top seven technologies that industry should keep its eye on in 2010.

5. Radiation oncology’s competing modalities. ECRI names proton beam therapy, Cyberknife radiosurgery, intensity-modulated radiation therapy, accelerated partial-breast irradiation, and accelerated whole-breast irradiation as modalities to keep watching.

http://www.devicelink.com/mddi/blog/?m=20091116

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