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The age of the baby boomer generation (1 946-1 964) is upon us. With medical technology skyrocketing, one can assume that life expectancy will increase, and with it will come a larger population of geriatrics than medicine has ever seen. This growing population is being met by a shortage of nurses, which will cause major problems in the years to come. The looming lack of beds, healthcare dollars, and providers will raise ethical questions about which patients should receive care first. It is for these very reasons that the future of healthcare may well lie in tele-home health and tele-home medicine and preventative medicine. By definition, an engineer is one who plans, designs, constructs, and/or manages something. Can the clinical engineer develop new ways to solve healthcare problems through tele-home medicine and provide quality, affordable, and reliable healthcare to a booming society? The information below will address the advantages and concerns of this relatively new technology as it applies to an elderly population. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
