...from Health Data Management Magazine.

"....patients increasingly will use personal computers and Web-connected devices to monitor their own conditions, Johnson says. Some patients already perform self-monitoring tasks such as taking blood pressure at regular intervals. Soon, for example, they’ll be able to do such tasks as use a hand-held ultrasound device to manage a complicated pregnancy and transmit information over a secure Internet connection to a clinician devoted to overseeing remote patient care...." [ article ]

I wrote about this back in 2001 in my htc column "IT and healthcare: more than a marriage of convenience" ] [ article ]

I still think one of the most interesting companies in this field is HealthHero, which makes a variety of Internet-connected medical devices. The sad thing is that while all kinds of political leaders in every nation are talking about how we must "fix" the health care system, none of them are taking Internet-based home health care into consideration. [ link ]