Anticipating and Assessing Health Care Technology, Volume 2

I - Introduction.- Why analyze future health care technology?.- Technological change in health care.- A system for identifying future health care technology.- A system for health care technology assessment.- The specific technologies.- Organization of this report.- II - Disease prevention and health promotion.- Life-styles.- Self-care.- Social and psychological supports.- Screening.- Vaccines.- Social implications.- Conclusion.- III - Nutrition.- Promoting a healthy diet.- Screening and surveillance.- Diagnosis.- Treatment.- Social implications.- Conclusion.- IV - The brain, behavior, and mental health.- Prevention.- Diagnosis.- Psychologically-oriented therapy.- Drugs.- Regeneration of central nervous tissue.- Social implications.- Conclusion.- V - Reproductive health.- Contraception.- Treatment for infertility.- Improved knowledge of reproductive endocrinology.- Social implications.- Conclusion.- VI - Fetal and child health.- Primary prevention of infant morbidity and mortality.- Prenatal screening.- Fetal and neonatal health.- Child health.- Social implications.- Conclusion.- VII - Medical imaging and other diagnostic technologies.- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI).- Positron Emission Tomography (PET).- Digitalization.- Biosensors.- Other diagnostic technologies.- Social implications.- Conclusion.- VIII - Biotechnology-related developments.- Monoclonal antibodies.- Genetic diagnosis and screening.- Home diagnostic kits.- Vaccines.- Pharmaceuticals.- Gene therapy.- Miscellaneous biotechnology-related.- Social implications.- Conclusion.- IX - Biologies and pharmaceuticals.- Biotechnology-related developments.- Other developments.- Delivery systems.- Social implications.- Conclusion.- X - Blood banking.- Biotechnology-related changes.- Blood substitutes.- Pheresis technology.- Automation and computerization.- Blood collection and storage.- Social implications.- Conclusion.- XI - Artificial and transplanted organs and tissues.- Transplanted organs and tissues.- Artificial organs and tissues.- Social implications.- Conclusion.- XII - Laser technology.- Research applications.- Applications in diagnosis.- Applications in therapy.- Surgery.- Other therapeutic applications.- Photobiology and photomedicine.- Soft lasers.- Social implications.- Conclusion.- XIII - Other progress in therapy.- Operating room instrumentation.- Anesthesia.- Intensive care.- Wound healing.- Radiotherapy.- Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy.- Ventilation equipment (for assisting breathing).- Bone growth stimulation.- Social implications.- Conclusion.- XIV - Rehabilitation and home care.- Rehabilitation.- Geriatric rehabilitation.- Prosthetics and robotics.- Technologies for support in the home.- Social implications.- Conclusion.- XV - Oral health.- Prevention of dental caries.- Diagnosis and treatment of dental caries.- Prevention and treatment of peridontal disease.- Implanted teeth.- Social implications.- Conclusion.- XVI - Alternative therapy.- Homeopathy and other forms of energy medicine.- Manipulation, osteopathy and chiropractic.- Nutrition.- Affecting psychosomatic balance through the mind.- Social implications.- Conclusion.- XVII - The computer: clinical applications.- Computer-assisted diagnosis.- Therapeutic protocols.- Artificial intelligence.- Social implications.- Conclusion.- XVIII - The computer: organizational and analytical applications.- The computerized medical record.- Organizational and financial.- Monitoring and networking.- Epidemiology and analysis.- Education.- Information for the public.- Social implications.- Conclusion.- XIX - Basic and applied sciences.- Molecular biology.- Biochemistry and cell biology.- Immunology.- Materials science.- Micro-electronics.- Social implications.- Conclusion.- Appendixes.- A. Method of the project.- B. Other responses to the survey.- C. Acknowledgements.- D. Glossary of terms.- E. References.