Government backed research into telehealth and telecare technologies is in its second and final year.
Funded by the Department of Health, the Whole System Demonstrator (WSD) programme aims to clarify how telehealth and telecare technologies can:
· promote long term health and independence
· improve quality of life for people and their carers
· improve the working lives of health and social care professionals
· provide an evidence for more cost and clinically effective ways of managing long term conditions.
The WSD programme, launched in May 2008, is one of the largest research programmes of its type.
Results will be published in 2010, and will provide the basis for future care and technology models that may influence DH policies and lead to wide scale investment in telecare and telehealth.
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