Scientists predict mobile phone viruses will become a seriou ...

In future, mobile phones will be able to monitor and control healthcare implants and intra body personal area networks. Mobile phones may be infected with viruses through short range communications (Bluetooth) or Multimedia Mes...

Personal Responsibility for Health Care

Cubacks in welfare based on an ageing society cause higher health care costs. Increasingly people have to take care of costs for themselves. More and more private insurances covering additional costs are established. Therefore,...

Digital Divide in Health Care

Digital natives - young people that grew up with the internet - are used to digital devices and services. However, it is mostly old patients who might increasingly profit from technology-based self-services, as digital haemodyn...