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Current electronic health records will soon be dwarfed by data generated by genetic and blood-marker tests, in addition to advanced scans and activity trackers.
Main challenge is getting unstructured health data into a meaningful form so that it can be analysed.
5 per cent of people with chronic diseases account for around 50% of healthcare spending.
Trial equipped 135 patients with telehealth monitoring technology at home – enabling a mobile intensive care team to visit patients’ homes and intervene at the first sign of trouble.
Predictive, algorithm-fuelled approach reduced hospitalisations by 45 per cent, care costs by 27 per cent and acute response costs by 32 per cent.
