ECRI examines health technologies' future:
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
ECRI's latest Health Technology Forecast examines a broad spectrum of technology developments. The forecast analyses such topics as the validity of new techniques in minimally invasive surgery, advances in breast cancer detection, the development of small-bore MRI systems, the impact insulin pump therapy has on metabolic control of insulin-dependent diabetes and the prophylactic use of automatic implantable defibrillators. Health Technology Forecast is available for $195 from ECRI's circulation department at 5200 Butler Pike, Plymouth Meeting, PA 19462-1298, US. Tel: +1 (610) 825-6000. Fax: +1 (610) 834-1275. e-mail: [email protected].