NICE lines up key medtech areas in quality standards agenda
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
The UK’s National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has today announced the nine topics of clinical management quality standards that it will develop in 2010-11. They are: breast cancer, type-1 and -2 diabetes, chronic kidney disease, chronic heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), glaucoma, end-of-life care, depression and alcohol dependence.