Digital And Connected Care Are Pushing On An Open Door – But Is Medtech Ready?

Digital health care will one day simply be "health care" in the same way that genomic medicine will simply become "medicine." But between then and now, there is much distance to cover – a lot of it in the minds of stakeholders who, maybe reluctantly, see it as a risky strategy. But the emerging consensus is that it represents opportunity.

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It is the future direction, a tool for delivery of better quality health to meet rising demand. There is no stopping it, no turning back the clock, should anybody but want to. Whether it's an opportunity or a threat – for it is both depending on where you sit – it is changing the way health care is delivered and accessed, and where it can be delivered, for good.

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