title: Technology transfer to developing countries. Lessons from Colombia.
abstract: Medical technology will contribute to improving the health status of people in developing countries only when it is carefully implemented after proper planning. Providers, users, health ministry employees, and industry all share responsibility for proper planning and careful implementation.
authors.affiliation: Universidad Nacional, Bogotá.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Serpa-Flórez
mesh_terms: D002202:Capital Financing; D003105:Colombia; D003906:Developing Countries; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D013677:Medical Laboratory Science / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012941:Social Responsibility; D013675:Technology, High-Cost