“Patients using home healthcare technologies have lower mortality rates, fewer emergency admissions, and shorter hospital stays, according to a UK Department of Health clinical study.
The goal of the Whole System Demonstrators program was to provide evidence for the adoption of ‘telemonitoring technologies’ – tech to help people manage/monitor their own health from home. Doing this remotely helps them maintain their independence, potentially easing the financial burden of institutional care for the chronically ill.”
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Janet Fang, Smart Planet, 10 December 2011
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