[IEEE Conference Proceedings. Second Joint EMBS-BMES Conference 2002 24th Annual International Conference of the Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual Fall Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society - Houston, TX, USA (23-26 Oct. 2002)] Proceedings of the Second Joint 24th Annual Conference and the Annual Fall Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society] [Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) role on technology management in Latin America and the Caribbean