title: The impact of health care reform on innovation and new technology.
abstract: Health care reform has created special challenges and hurdles to the introduction of new technology and innovative medical devices in gastroenterology and other medical fields. The implication of new regulations will be enormous as we begin to see venture-capital funding flee our specialty for more lucrative and "sure bets." This article, written by an experienced entrepreneur and practicing gastroenterologist, outlines some of the implications of this emerging challenge. Few other sources of information are available that truly articulate the insider view of coming changes.
authors.affiliation: Minnesota Gastroenterology, PA, Bloomington, MN, USA. rganz@mngastro.com
authors.forename: Robert A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Ganz
mesh_terms: D020811:Biomedical Technology / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards; D002202:Capital Financing; D018795:Device Approval; D005544:Forecasting; D005762:Gastroenterology / Q000191:economics; D018166:Health Care Reform / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006801:Humans; D007349:Insurance, Health, Reimbursement; D013660:Taxes; D000078329:Workforce