Healthcare IT News May 29, 2020
Report predicts shift away from wearables to video analytics and mobile platforms.
Contactless monitoring systems and smartphone health applications are playing a vital role in the war against COVID-19, a report has found.
According to the analysis by Frost & Sullivan, non-contact patient monitoring technologies are gravitating toward the use of video, sound analysis and mobile-based platforms incorporating advanced technologies such as machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms.
It predicts a shift away from wearable technology, which it says can be uncomfortable, expensive and have limited usage, in favour of non-contact technology which have the advantages of being multi-use and affordable.
The report, Advanced Non-contact Patient Monitoring Technologies: A New Paradigm in Healthcare Monitoring, is available as part of...