OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to describe the current issues surrounding Coverage with Evidence Development (CED). CED is characterized by restricted coverage for a new technology in parallel with targeted research when the stated goal of the research or data collection is to provide definitive evidence for the clinical or cost-effectiveness impact of the new technology. METHODS Presen...

there are often differences in data structure designs, data encoding approaches, data accessing and processing methods for these two types of geographic phenomena. Geographic coverage is a concept for continuous phenomena. Geographic coverage standards defines conceptual schema for coverage and analyze coverage types and components, e. g., [1]. These include characteristics of spatiotemporal do...

Background New technologies constitute an important cost-driver in healthcare, but the dynamics that lead to their emergence remains poorly understood from a health policy standpoint. The goal of this paper is to clarify how entrepreneurs, investors, and regulatory agencies influence the value of emerging health technologies.   Methods Our 5-year qualitative research program examined the proces...

Locata positioning technology was developed to address the shortcomings of current technologies for reliable positioning in challenging environments such as when GPS satellite coverage is poor or not available. Previous research in this area has demonstrated proof-of-concept for the Locata technology using a first generation prototype system. In this paper details of Locata’s next generation sy...

It has taken many years for wireless engineers to “tame” wireless communications and there are still many complexities in planning wireless networks due to the unpredictable and varying RF environment. There are mainly two techniques to plan and deploy wireless networks. One uses theoretical electromagnetic models to predict RF coverage. The theoretical model requires information for the survey...

are numerous data sources that offer information on the health of a community. Traditional sources, such as hospitals and clinics, provide relatively reliable inputs to existing health-monitoring systems, but often give a delayed or incomplete picture. Additional data sources, such as school and work attendance, veterinary clinics, social media, pharmaceutical sales, and climate-related data do...