Portable Telemedicine Monitoring Equipment
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■ Social—With increasing attention on health and technological progress both home and abroad, home health care engineering (HHCE) is an emerging discipline. It advocates the concepts of medical treatment at home, self health care, and remote diagnosis, and combines technology with medical treatment. While addressing the trends of an aging society, soaring medical expenses, and increasing health demands in the 21st century, HHCE enables medical resource sharing and improves medical care in remote areas, making it well received by society.
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