Ask the expert: Who should we include on our technology assessment committee?

Because it is difficult to have all clinical areas represented in a well-functioning committee, it is best to have a core committee that maintains the following representation, but does not exceed 15-20 standing members:

• Chief medical officer or vice president of medical affairs
• Chief financial officer
• Chief nursing officer
• Chief information officer or IT department leader
• A pharmacy and therapeutics representative
• A biomedical engineering representative
• A laboratory/diagnostics representative
• An imaging representative
• Physicians/service-line directors from the organization’s strategic clinical areas (e.g., cardiovascular services, emergency department)
• A hospital communications representative
• A research representative

This week’s question and answer are from Privileging for New Procedures & Technology: From resource assessment to competency measurement by Jack Cox, MD, MMM; and Christine Mobley, CPMSM, CPCS.