“GPs are set for a ‘significant change’ in the way they manage patients with long-term conditions, according to the lead investigator of a DH trial of telemedicine in primary care.
In order to provide more evidence for the benefits of telehealth, the Department of Health has commissioned the Whole System Demonstrator pilot, the largest randomised controlled trial in the world, ‘to find out how technology can help people manage their own health while maintaining their independence’.”
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Pulse, 19 August 2011
