New Freedom through Medical Devices Based on the Global System for Mobile Communications: A Prospective Survey of 620 Users of the Swiss Limmex Emergency Wristwatch—An Original Study from Switzerland
About 500,000 elderly people in Switzerland suffer a fall each year. Thus medical attention and help are essential for these people, who mostly live alone without a caregiver. Only 3% of people aged over 65 in Switzerland use an emergency system. Personal telehealth devices allow patients to receive...
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Main Authors: | Malek Tabbara, Onur S. Özgüler, Aristomenis K. Exadaktylos |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wiley
2013-01-01
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Series: | Emergency Medicine International |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/563731 |
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