This appeared a while ago but I have only just spotted it?Australia ranked last for connected technologies uptake but Australians think the system is better than it isLynne Minion | 16 Jun 2017 Australia has ranked last in its adoption of connected care technologies in the healthcare sector, according to research into the future-readiness of the healthcare systems of 19 nations, but Australians believe their system is far more digitally interconnected than it is.With a “reality” score of 9.1 out of 100, Australia’s bottom ranking places it a stunning 31.9 points below the next lowest ranked healthcare sector of Saudi Arabia, which scored 41.Despite the reality, many Australians perceive their healthcare system to have already implemented connected care devices and policies, earning a “perception” score of 50.5.The last place slot in the connected care technologies category was a reflection of Australia’s low levels of spending on IoT hardware as a percentage of GDP and the lack...
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- TECHNOLOGY AND HEALTH
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