title: Twenty-first century health care.
abstract: A dynamic, proactive health-care environment is beckoning. Fueled by consumer-led awareness, digital television, the Internet and a preoccupation with preventative health maintenance, it will define a new genre of products. In a series of provocative statements, this visionary article explores what the future may hold for diagnostics and medical devices.
authors.affiliation: Pearson Matthews Design Partnership, Kingston Upon Thames, UK.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pearson
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000191:economics / Q000639:trends*; D004864:Equipment and Supplies; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D008389:Marketing of Health Services / Q000639:trends; D006113:United Kingdom