Disseminating quality care for upper gastrointestinal cancer.

This presentation discusses the problem involved in providing quality care for patients with Upper GI Cancer throughout a healthcare delivery system. It is argued that appropriate telecommunications technology exists for widespread dissemination of "best clinical practice", but that it cannot be used effectively at present because of some limiting factors. These include lack of precisely defined aims concerning use of technology, lack of interactive quality control, and insufficient involvement of end-users.