Comments on: Technology-dependent children http://ota.fas.org/2008/08/14/technology-dependent-children/ Office of Technology Assessment, United States Congress, science, technology, policy Fri, 12 Apr 2013 15:25:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Jill Peacock RN, MSN http://ota.fas.org/2008/08/14/technology-dependent-children/comment-page-1/#comment-590 Jill Peacock RN, MSN Sun, 09 Nov 2008 18:49:55 +0000 http://fas.org/ota/?p=194#comment-590 I would appreciate speaking with anyone who has already developed or would like to begin developing a data collection network that could track the number of ventilator dependent children in the United States. This information could serve many purposes in the clinical arena and quite policy in the area of policy development.

These children and their families may be low in numbers but are high in cost. Most importantly, they are living in communities (just like yours and mine) all over the country, frequently clinging on to what little “normalcy” life offers them.

I look forward to hearing from you.

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