Assessing the Value of Medical Technology

Host: Bruce Japsen Guest: Winifred Hayes, PhD Evidence-based technology assessment may be an unfamiliar term to most of us, but it is gaining momentum in the health-care industry. Dr. Winifred Hayes, chief executive of Hayes Inc., tells the Chicago Tribune's Bruce Japsen why it may be a solution to controlling health care costs, and how it has gained the support of such varied sources as Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and the prestigious Institute of Medicine.