Abstract

Patients, organizations, healthcare providers and even nations at large are challenged on a day-to-day basis with decisions related to the right use of medical devices. It could either be a general practitioner from a rural region, using a particular kind of suture over other kinds or a cardiologist opting to utilize a bare metal stent or a drugeluting stent on a patient who has been recently diagnosed with a coronary ailment, on the basis of its cost and availability. It could also be a health system that decides the kind of technologies that can be used for screening of colon cancer; there are several medical devices, it is expensive and its utility cannot be overlooked within the realm of medical practice [1].