Future of the Internet - In Healthcare

I was wondering what to talk about since we're supposed to write about the future of Internet in our last blogpost. I surfed the net and decided there's an industry I would like to narrow down on with regards to the future of the Internet - Healthcare industry!
Why? Mainly because it affects all of us. At some point of time in our lives, we will definitely require healthcare of some sort.

The future of healthcare is a subject that has been under intense speculation and debate in recent times over various platforms. Following a launch at the Medical and Compamed trade fair in November 2009, a company known as Ergonomidesign will be presenting and demonstrating a future application with relation to Life Sciences.

The application, known as "Helping Hands" (a Natural User Interface developed on a MS Surface table) enables us to experience how we will manage our healthcare in future. This concept actually combines the benefits of ubiquitous computing with a merger of healthcare services with Internet service providers. This merger brings many benefits to us. Alike applications in the mobile world currently, pharmacies would be able to sell a variety of healthcare devices containing embedded software that synchronizes with relevant devices and our body automatically.

By the year 2015, vast amounts of personal data will constantly be uploaded in real-time to the "Cloud" - for others to use, share and benefit from. Through embedded sensors in our clothes, wrist watches, necklaces, shoes etc. it will be possible to constantly monitor our biometric data. These vast amounts of data pushed to the Cloud, is accessible to a network of 'smart objects' e.g. mobile devices and 'smart' homes, furniture and environments. Our biometric data will be accessible everywhere, constantly - to us and those who we have granted admission, e.g. our doctors, family and relevant networks. The Cloud also allows constant access to contacts and services in our vast directory of doctors, fellow-patients and other daily health-care programs such as diet, exercise and prescription medicine.

This is expected to be accessed both on computers and from mobile devices, hence making it much more convenient for patients to monitor their health and at the same time communicate with their doctors who can also monitor it from the hospital at the same time.