Although the adaptation of wireless technologies in health home monitoring solutions is still nascent, there are strong indicators of that remote data monitoring and distant disease management solutions are vital parts of tomorrow’s health care system. Examples of common conditions that increasingly will be monitored at home are irregular heartbeats or cardiac arrhythmia, high blood pressure, the glucose levels in diabetes, and high levels of lipids or fats in the blood. M2M communications solutions makes this possible. Read more
The health sector within the EU employs almost 10 percent of the total work force and corresponds to 9 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP) according to the eHealth Task Force Report from the European Commission. Health spending is rising faster and is expected to be 16 percent of GDP in OECD by 2020. These figures naturally present grave challenges for the whole health and social care system. Introduction of new technology and ICT infrastructures within the health care industry is expected to be one of the main components of the future health care system. Read more