Despite Europe´s huge broadband coverage and smartphone use compared to the developing world, the continent is lagging in eHealth solutions because costing models do not encourage innovation, the leading global telecoms conference heard yesterday (27 February).
The findings emerged from a key session on health at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona – the telecommunications industry´s largest annual gathering.
Experts on provision of eHealth solutions using smartphone applications said that they tried and tested their products in the developing world because billing for eHealth services directly using mobile payments is something better suited to those markets.
To read the full, original article click on this link: Europe, US lag developing world in eHealth | EurActiv
