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AMA and IEEE Announce First Conference on Medical Technology in Individualized Healthcare

Healthcare Providers, Engineers, Industrial Leaders, Government Agencies and Policy Makers to Discuss Making Individualized Healthcare a Reality

8 March – IEEE, the world’s largest technical professional association, and the American Medical Association (AMA), are joining together to host the First Conference on Medical Technology and Individualized Healthcare. The conference, taking place March 21-23 at the Renaissance Mayflower Hotel in Washington, DC, will address how to overcome the challenges facing the adoption of individualized healthcare and the technological innovations necessary for it to truly improve the quality of patient care.

Progress in the field of individualized medicine is underway, with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) estimating that the cost of sequencing a person’s genome will cost less than US$1,000 within the next five years. Additionally, technology innovations such as electronic patient records, the creation of national registries and electronic data capture of clinical trial data are maturing and providing researchers with the information they need to determine the reality of patient outcomes.  This unprecedented conference brings together representatives from the leading healthcare association and the leading technology association to address these pressing issues.

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