IoT in Healthcare: A Patient Centered Approach - Remote Patient Monitoring
IoT to Boom the Recent Patient Health Monitoring World
Remote patient monitoring (RPM) is a technology to enable monitoring of patients outside of conventional clinical settings, such as in the home or in a remote area, which may increase access to care and decrease healthcare delivery costs.
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Incorporating RPM in chronic-disease management may significantly improve an individual's quality of life, by allowing patients to maintain independence, prevent complications, and to minimize personal costs. RPM facilitates these goals by delivering care through telecommunications. This form of patient monitoring can be particularly important when patients are managing complex self-care processes such as home hemodialysis.
Key features of RPM, like remote monitoring and trend analysis of physiological parameters, enable early detection of deterioration; thereby reducing emergency department visits, hospitalizations, and the duration of hospital stays.
Applications
- Dementia and Falls
- Diabetes
- Congestive Heart Failure
- Infertility
- Telemedicine in Prison Systems
- Veterans Health Administration
Rising Awareness Regarding Healthcare
With a rise in cases of chronic illnesses such as diabetes and hypertension, there has been a rise in awareness regarding ones health. Also, in recent days, there has been a significant rise in the number of individuals suffering from heart related disorders. These factors have led to increase in the importance of maintaining health among the population in the developed as well as the developing nations.
The demand for various health monitoring devices for maintain track of health status has increased significantly in the recent years. Also, there has been a rise in number of specialty clinics and home healthcare business in countries such as, US, India, Canada. Asia Pacific is anticipated to offer significant growth opportunity during the forecast period, due to an increase in the disposable income as well as the rate of urbanization in the leading economies such as Japan, China and India.
The use of handheld and wearable devices for monitoring vital signs has been high among the old age population as well as millennial. Owing to the growth in awareness regarding health, the market for remote patient monitoring devices is anticipated to witness significant growth during the forecast period.
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