A study of health care in western Pennsylvania

The present paper represents a summary of the findings of a six month study of health care in the western Pennsylvania region, conducted by the Biotechnology Program of Carnegie-Mellon University during 1968. The study, one of six, was commissioned by the Committee on Engineering in Medicine and Biology of the National Academy of Engineering. A parallel study of Bioengineering in Pennsylvania, sponsored by the Pennsylvania Science and Engineering Foundation of the Department of Commerce, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, was conducted simultaneously with the NAE study. Major conclusions of this paper center about the need for introduction of modern technology into the health care industry.