Conference 'Breakthroughs in Bio-Medical Technologies and Their Impact on Quality Healthcare'

摘要

Bio-medical technology breakthroughs are changing the face of health care. To promote further understanding of this phenomenon, the National Committee for Quality Health Care (NCQHC) brought together a variety of experts for a one-day seminar on November 17,2000. Co-sponsors for the event included Abbott Laboratories, AMGEN, Batelle, Hoffman-La Roche, Inc., Johnson & Johnson Healthcare Systems, Inc., Modern Healthcare, Mallinckrodt, Inc., Sodexho Marriott Services, Inc., and the Telemedicine Advanced Technology Research Center of the Army (TATRC). This report provides a detailed summary of the presentations and discussion that took place.