Goodbye to the hospital, goodbye to the doctor?
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
Who is going to be the primary care physician of the future? To me, it is going to be the patient." This radical view came from the keynote speaker at a one-day conference on telemedicine focusing on the UK. It brought together representatives of the government's National Health Service (NHS), the Medical Devices Agency and companies and investors who believe that the telemedicine revolution will irrevocably change the face of healthcare.