NHS to offer free devices and apps to help people manage illnesses
by Denis Campbell Health policy editor from Technology | The Guardian on (#1HETC)
Health service seeks to use of technology to help patients manage conditions such as diabetes and heart disease
Millions of people will receive devices and apps free on the NHS to help them manage conditions such as diabetes and heart disease in an major drive to use technology to reduce patient deaths.
NHS England's chief executive, Simon Stevens, has backed the move as a significant expansion of self-care that could help prevent patients becoming seriously unwell and needing hospital treatment.