title: QEEG in a public health system.
abstract: For the past decade the Cuban Neuroscience Center has organized on behalf of the Ministry of Public Health of the Republic, a nationwide Program for the introduction of quantitative EEG (qEEG). This Program has involved a) development of standardized equipment for "paperless" EEG, qEEG and brain topography; b) establishment of a network of 21 laboratories of clinical neurophysiology; c) creation of the specialty of clinical neurophysiology which trains physicians from all provinces in both traditional and quantitative electrophysiological methods; d) introduction of standardized protocols for the collection of clinical and electrophysiological information; e) organization of a national normative and neuropsychiatric database; f) establishment of normative regression equations. Among the special issues discussed are: 1) relationship between traditional and quantitative methods; 2) evaluation of the effectiveness of the technology introduced; 3) use of qEEG in the early detection of brain dysfunction.
authors.affiliation: Cuban Neuroscience Center, Havana.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Valdés
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Valdés
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Carballo
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Alvarez
authors.forename: G F
authors.initials: GF
authors.lastname: Díaz
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Biscay
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Pêrez
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Szava
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Virués
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Quesada
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001921:Brain / Q000503:physiopathology; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D001931:Brain Mapping; D002648:Child; D003462:Cuba; D004569:Electroencephalography; D006298:Health Services Administration; D006801:Humans; D007859:Learning Disabilities / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D008137:Longitudinal Studies