Wearables, Ingestibles, Implantables: The Inescapable Future of Healthcare

One of the 5 future healthcare trends discussed by a panel at the Lions Health 2015 Festival was "wearables, ingestibles, and implantables" (3 new buzzwords to add to my list!). Let's create an acronym: WII (not to be confused with Nintendo Wii).

As an example of what the future might bring, the image of a message from a doctor on an Apple Watch was thrown up on the screen at Lions Health (see image on left).

This got me to thinking of some of the issues regarding WII.

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