In the United States alone there are over 35 million hospital admissions each year and nearly 120 million people visit hospital emergency departments each year. Additionally, outpatient visits to hospitals—including laboratory, imaging, and rehabilitation visits—has increased to about 481 million visits annually and more than 4 million babies are born each year. These statistics require a significant number of hospital resources, namely staff and available beds. However, a recent survey by the American Hospital Association has discovered capacity constraints, primarily at the emergency department level. In addition to hospitals operating at capacity or over capacity, the concern for ED diversion (which sends patients in route by ambulance to nearby hospitals) has resulted in a number of facilities looking for ways to address the issue.
Portable monitoring devices may reduce some of the diversion. Additionally, staff shortages are another cause of diversion which may be addressed with improved efficiency and workflow gained by using more efficient monitoring devices.
Our latest report indicated that remote and wireless patient monitoring systems more than doubled between 2007
and 2011. The firm made the finding in its
recently published report, Remote and Wireless Patient Monitoring
Markets. Part of the reason they are growing so fast
are the overcrowding at emergency rooms in the United States.
According to the report, advances in remote patient
monitoring include new peripherals, real-time audio and video for
“face-to-face” interaction between clinicians and patients, wireless communication,
systems that “sort” the vast amount of data collected in order to put it into
the context of a patient’s condition, portable and ambulatory monitors,
web-based access to the patient record, systems that transfer data to an
electronic medical record (EMR), and full-service outsourcing that includes a
clinician to evaluate data and send a report to the attending physician.
The U.S. market for these advanced patient monitoring includes wireless and remote patient monitors (equipment and applications), applications and equipment for processing data, and applications and equipment for transferring patient monitoring data into an EMR. The U.S. market had a value of $3.9 billion in 2007, increasing to $8.9 billion by 2011 .
The U.S. market for these advanced patient monitoring includes wireless and remote patient monitors (equipment and applications), applications and equipment for processing data, and applications and equipment for transferring patient monitoring data into an EMR. The U.S. market had a value of $3.9 billion in 2007, increasing to $8.9 billion by 2011 .
There are several factors driving double-digit growth in this market. These include the aging of the population, increasing healthcare costs, dwindling healthcare resources which compel organizations to find devices that can help with staff shortages.
More information about remote and
wireless patient monitoring including models, companies competing in the market
and future growth can be obtained in Kalorama Information’s report. Remote and Wireless Patient Monitoring markets. Information about the report can be obtained
at http://www.kaloramainformation.com/Remote-Wireless-Patient-7043770/
