Wireless Technology And The Rise Of “Anywhere” Monitoring
Executive Summary
The emerging market for wireless and remote monitoring technologies comes at a time when providers are looking for new tools to not only keep patients out of the hospital, but also to prevent unnecessary readmissions. These goals, along with a growing list of enabling technologies in the pipeline, are helping drive health care toward an era of unprecedented connectivity – one in which physicians and other care givers are able to monitor and even treat patients whenever needed wherever they may be – a shift that many believe will profoundly change health care as we know it.
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