“This is not a list of ‘must-haves,’ but rather a ‘must think carefully about’ list,” said Diane Robertson, director of health technology assessment information service at ECRI Institute, in a news release. “We don’t profess to have all the answers, but the unbiased evidence that we present about these 10 technologies and infrastructure issues will get healthcare leaders off to a steady start on their often rocky journey of acquiring new technologies or making systemwide changes in 2014 and beyond.”
This year’s list includes:
- Computer-assisted sedation systems
- Catheter-based renal denervation for treatment-resistant hypertension
- Emergency departments designed just for elderly patients
- Copper surfaces in ICUs for preventing hospital-acquired infections
- Wearable, powered exoskeleton rehabilitation for individuals with paraplegia
- Magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound for cancer pain
- NanoKnife system to treat cancer
- Real-time MRI adaptive radiation therapy
- Intelligent pills to improve medication adherence and prevent readmissions
- Big data
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