Case based reasoning (CBR) methodology presents a foundation for a new technology of building intelligent computeraided diagnoses systems. This Technology directly addresses the problems found in the traditional Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques, e.g. the problems of knowledge acquisition, remembering, robust and maintenance. This paper discusses the CBR methodology, the research issues a...

The recent decline in the values of technology stocks and the increased focus on a company’s short term earnings has led to increased demand for premium-value products. Innovative product or technology development has been shown to be one of the key drivers behind premium-value technology or products (PVTP) and successful organisations (Packard 1995; Peters & Waterman 1984; Slater 1999; Stross ...

This paper reviews the advancements made in ambulatory data logging used in the study of human subjects since the inception of the analogue tape based data logger in the 1960s. Research into the area of ambulatory monitoring has been rejuvenated due to the development of novel storage technologies during the 1990s. Data logging systems that were previously impractical due to lack of processing ...

Despite the claim that technology has been one of the most important drivers of healthcare spending growth over the past decades, technology variables are rarely introduced explicitly in cost equations. Furthermore, technology is often considered exogenous. Using 1996-2007 panel data on Swiss geographical areas, we assessed the impact of technology availability on per capita healthcare spending...

HIMA urges Congress to improve Medicare’s ability to keep its payment systems current with advances in medical technology. This can be done through adjustments in the often technical methods and systems that Medicare uses to adopt and pay for new products. Unless the problems plaguing these systems are corrected, Medicare patients will be denied access to needed treatments and continued innovat...

Australia is an island continent with a population of 14. s million and an area close to 3 million square miles. Its greatest east-west mainland distance is 2,400 miles, and its north-south spread is almost as great. With an overall population density of 3.5 persons per square mile, large areas of Australia are sparsely populated. Huge, dry inland areas carry little, if any, population. More th...

The medical history is a powerful diagnostic technology. However, in seeking to establish an appropriate balance between the history and the other diagnostic modalities more explicit consideration must be given to the performance characteristics of the medical history. Building on recent work undertaken in the UK and elsewhere in Europe it is now feasible to develop a library of setting-specifi...