Risk and Rewards in Medical Technology Innovation: Conflict of Interest at the Academic/Industry Interface
July 22-23, 2001
Stanford University, Menlo Park, CA
A governing principle of medical research is that it must be performed in an unbiased manner, not tainted by potential financial conflicts in the institutions or individual researchers. The increasing collaboration between physician inventors, scientists and innovative technology companies presents new and challenging public policy issues that were explored during this Summit hosted by Stanford University.
Reimbursement for Clinical Information Technologies
February 26-27, 2001
Duke University, Durham, NC
This Summit, hosted at Duke University, brought together two themes which had been explored in previous settings - the challenge of determining scientific standards of evidence to demonstrate the value of new technologies and the implications of the interface between traditional engineered medical technologies and information technologies.
