Advances in technology allowing for medical treatment in the home is already delivering huge savings for the NHS by allowing the strategy of ‘virtual hospital wards’.The Medway NHS Foundation trust is using an infusion pump produced by Vygon UK to allow patients to remain in their own home. The patients’ vital signs are remotely monitored […]
Monitoring our own health and diagnosing conditions are becoming more common and will become increasingly necessary in the management of our health. Various diagnostic tests can now be performed in our home. Common types are typically saliva and blood tests.If performed correctly, many tests deliver accurate results, however the majority are less than ideal from […]
The global market for point-of-care diagnostics is increasing dramatically and is forecast to reach $18.7bn in 2014, rising from $13.4bn in 2009. The ability to deliver laboratory results outside of the hospital environment is enabling this increase, with blood glucose monitoring and blood chemistry & electrolyte providing the two main segments, along with cardiac markers, […]