Use case one – remote management of chronic disease

Chronic diseases—including cardiovascular diseases, hypertension, and diabetes—cause over 40 million deaths per year globally. This problem has different dimensions in developing countries and developed countries. In developing countries, people with chronic diseases have limited or no access to many basic health services, including early or on-time detection facilities, which leads to many deaths. On the other hand, in developed countries, medical research has led to a significant increase in life expectancy. This has been achieved by means of, for example, early detection and monitoring of disease. However, in developed countries, including the UK, for every 2 years of increased life expectancy, we gain just 1 year of quality life. Consequently, the proportion of our lives spent with chronic diseases and...