title: Quantum leaps. A look at the health care delivery system in twenty years.
abstract: What will the health care delivery system of the future look like? Though 20 years from now may seem like a long way off for some people, health care experts are already seeing the seeds of future realities begin to sprout. But the new era of delivery also will involve many features now just barely imaginable, including wearable PCs, gene therapy, a diffusion of hospital services across a broad geographical area, and computer-based diagnoses.
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Bergman
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Sherer
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000639:trends*; D005103:Expert Systems; D005544:Forecasting; D006280:Health Workforce / Q000639:trends; D006761:Hospitals / Q000639:trends*; D016045:Human Genome Project; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000639:trends; D011158:Population Growth; D014481:United States