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Telemedicine - 2010 & 2011 - Part 1 Public Policy

LinkousThink

Here is the first of three pieces on where we have been in 2010 and where we are going next year for telemedicine. For telemedicine, 2010 appears to have been a watershed year - the point when many in charge of government healthcare programs finally started to seriously consider the benefits of such technology.

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Medicine 2.0 : Implications of Connected Medical Devices & Digital Healthcare

Lloyd Price

‘Connected’ medical devices give patients greater control over their health data, and in turn enable doctors to use the data to prompt beneficial patient behaviour. That change removes a lot of complexity for medical devices companies in China and enables them to become more competitive. through the development of wireless devices.