Increasing hospitalisation and treatment costs, together with developments in remote monitoring and wireless communications, will create a boom in home based monitoring, diagnosis and treatment. This trend will also be driven by the rise in the number of people aged 65+ that are quite literally clogging up hospitals (there has been a 155% increase in the number of Americans being treated for heart failure in the US, not because of an increased disease rate but simply because people are living for longer). A good example of such self-diagnosis or treatment is the Philips Heart Start Automatic External Defibrillator (AED). That’s right, your very own personal defibrillator available from amazon.com for US $ 1,495. The price might give a few people a heart attack but at least they can treat themselves.