Technology Strategic Planning Process

MTAC Involvement in Budgeting (continued):

The MTAC will recommend priorities for replacement and for new and emerging technologies that, over a period of several years, will guide the acquisitions that provide the desired service developments or enhancements. Priorities will be recommended on the basis of need, risk, cost (acquisition, operational, and maintenance), utilization, and fit with the clinical strategic plan.

Following is an example of a method used by private hospitals to solicit and review technology requests and then to use the recommendations of the MTAC in capital budgeting: