The future is telehealth
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The future is telehealth

Roy Lilley Writer, broadcaster, commentator and conference speaker

Roy Lilley argues that self-monitoring, like self-checkout in supermarkets, will put patients in the driving seat of care

It was a big cardboard box. Later it became a big plastic box. It lived in the boot of my car. The box contained a map to every part of the UK. Having spent the greater part of my life on the road, travelling the nooks and crannies of the UK it was one of those vital possessions you talk about in terms of: ‘If there was a fire, what would you save?’

Primary Health Care. 21, 10, 10-10. doi: 10.7748/phc2011.12.21.10.10.p7071

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