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Technology assessment, which is a process used in the healthcare field to address decision-making under uncertainty, can be applied to occupational safety. The goal is to provide management with information needed to formulate operating parameters of an industry-based technology assessment committee...

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Published in:Professional safety 1998-05, Vol.43 (5), p.42
Main Author: Goodman, Gerald R
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Clinical trials
Committees
Decision analysis
Decision making
Decision making units
Delphi method
Feedback
Methods
Occupational safety
Personal protective equipment
Safety management
Technological planning
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Summary:Technology assessment, which is a process used in the healthcare field to address decision-making under uncertainty, can be applied to occupational safety. The goal is to provide management with information needed to formulate operating parameters of an industry-based technology assessment committee that functions as part of a decision process for safety risk assessment. Technology assessment is a comprehensive form of policy research that examines the short-and long-term consequences (societal, economic, ethical and legal) of the application technology. Using the process of technology assessment within an industrial setting introduces a somewhat-academic process into the operational real-world. Within a business setting, the traditional committee structure is a valid way to attempt a formal decision-making process based on technology assessment.
ISSN:0099-0027