BCHT Research: Focus
Diagnostic and therapeutic innovations present important opportunities but also challenges to the health care delivery and financing system. The Berkeley Center for Health Technology (BCHT) promotes research and educational initiatives that foster the development, insurance coverage, appropriate use, and affordability of these medical technologies.
The research activities of the Center identify best industry practices and further the development of new practices through cooperative endeavors with technology firms, health insurance plans, and health care delivery organizations. The Center sponsors three types of research activities:
- Convening of cross-sector roundtables on public policy and the management of new technologies. These one-day invitational forums highlight areas of common concern and potential collaborative initiative, with results published as issue briefs.
- Case studies of best practices. BCHT staff conducts case studies of leading firms and publishes these as reports and in peer reviewed journals.
- Data-based analyses. These projects quantify the frequency, diversity, and impact of public policies and business strategies on the part of drug and device manufacturers, health insurers, hospital systems, and physician organizations.
