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technology

The application of scientific or other organized knowledge – relating to tools, techniques, products, processes, methods, modes of organisation, or systems – to practical tasks.

Note: In health care, technology encompasses: drugs; diagnostic tests, including indicators and reagents; devices; equipment and supplies; medical and surgical procedures; support systems; and organizational and managerial systems used in prevention, screening, diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation.

(Related concept:health technology).