Where next for telehealth? Reflections from the 2nd International Congress on Telehealth and Telecare
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On the 6–8 March 2012, The King’s Fund and the University Medical Centre Utrecht hosted the second International Congress on Telehealth and Telecare that successfully brought together policy-makers, academics, professionals, users, innovators and industry from countries from all over the world both face-to-face and online. During the three-day event, some 500 delegates, speakers and sponsors were in attendance with another 600 online delegates. The twitter reach of the congress (#kft12) was also significant appearing on 131,000 people’s timelines via 1500 tweets!
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