Wireless Patient Monitors are the Fastest Growing Medical Device

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This article talks about the doubling of wireless patient monitoring device revenue in the last four years and how these numbers are expected to double in the next four years. The demand is expected to increase due to the fact that the 65 years old and over population is expected to reach 20.7 percent by 2050 and due to the increased cases of COPD and diabetes. These wireless monitoring devices provide alternatives like transmitting a patient’s vital signs across a hospital building or connecting a patient’s home with a provider’s office. This technology can help healthcare professionals provide better timely service and can help with the proper usage of the healthcare system. Patient monitoring technology will help reduce personnel costs, provide increased coverage by existing personnel, and reduce errors. Most of these devices provide  the option to direct the information to an EMR system to make it useful in patient's health records.