The usage of the IoT in healthcare has sharply increased across various specific Internet of Things use cases. At the same time we see how other healthcare IoT use cases are picking up speed and the connected healthcare reality is accelerating, even if hurdles remain.
Thus far, most IoT initiatives in healthcare revolved around the improvement of care as such with remote monitoring and telemonitoring as main applications. A second area where many initiatives exist is tracking, monitoring and maintenance of assets, using IoT and RFID. This is done on the level of medical devices and healthcare assets, the people level and the non-medical asset level (e.g. hospital building assets).
However, these deployments and use cases are just the beginning and, at the same time, are far from omnipresent.
More advanced and integrated approaches within the scope of the digital transformation of healthcare are starting to be used with regards to health data aspects where IoT plays an increasing role, as it does in specific applications such as smart pills, smart home care, personal healthcare, robotics and Real-Time Health Systems (RTHS).
By 2019, 87% of healthcare organizations will have adopted Internet of Things (IoT) technology and 76% believe it will transform the healthcare industry. But, how are business executives using IoT today and what do they expect from it in the future?
How is IoT used?
- 73% monitoring and maintenance
- 50% remote operation and control
- 47% location-based services
- 67% plan to connect their IoT devices using Wi-Fi
Benefits from IoT:
- 80% increased innovation
- 76% visibility across the organization
- 73% cost savings
The most common IoT technology today:
- 64% patient monitors
- 56% energy meters
- 33% x-rays and imaging devices
In the future IoT will allow us to…
- 57% increase workforce productivity
- 57% save costs
- 36% create new business models
- 27% improve collaboration with colleagues and patients
See the Article from i-SCOOP with Infographic by Aruba Networks for all details here.