The featured examples illustrate how the application of telemedicine to a health-care system not only promotes accessibility between doctors and patients but can save on construction costs for new facilities and the cost of supplying medical personnel in remote areas, which thus can help reduce national medical expenses. However, to initiate ICT-based health-care service delivery, governments in Asia and the Pacific need to first establish related policies that promote telemedicine. In featuring how some of those technologies are being applied, this report first looks at the trends and the socioeconomic impacts of the ageing population in the Asia-Pacific region. The report then concludes with recommendations for applying ICT when working with older populations. In 2047 - for the first time in history - people aged 60 years or older are projected to outnumber people aged 16 years or younger (OECD, 2015). Globally, the "oldest" population group, at 80 years or older, is growing at a faster rate than older persons in general.