“With the federal government aggressively pushing for electronic health records (EHR), 2010 could be the year telehealth technology finally allows doctors to monitor their patients’ health wirelessly in real time — no matter where the patient is.
Of the billions of dollars spent on health care each year, 75% to 80% of it goes for patients with chronic illnesses such as diabetes, heart disease, asthma and Alzheimer’s Disease, according to Dadong Wan, who leads the health innovation program at Accenture Technology Labs.”
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Lucas Mearian, Computerworld, 4 January 2010
