ReadWrite February 24, 2022
Anjana Sadanandan

Adopting any new technology in the healthcare world is often a slow process. The reason – strict governance around data protection, compliance, and the long-drawn processes around testing new healthcare options. This is, of course, to ensure that there is no compromise to patient safety in any manner.

While IoT adoption was slow initially, today, the benefits far outweigh the concerns. Remote patient monitoring using IoT in healthcare and faster diagnosis due to real-time data capture through monitoring are critical factors enabling smart healthcare.

Before the pandemic, tracking medical equipment via RFIDs was the extent of IoT adoption in healthcare. Smart connected devices did not have any scope to play a value-added role in hospitals. This was mainly due to...

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