Healthcare Global June 9, 2021
Erik Brenneis, IoT Director at Vodafone, tells us about IoT’s potential to transform healthcare
There are 120 million ‘Internet of Things’ (IoT) connections deployed worldwide, 20 million of which are in healthcare.
In its early days, IoT’s usage in healthcare was focused on the maintenance and control of large medical machines, enabling suppliers to monitor the machines remotely and ensure they kept running.
In time people realised the additional value this type of connectivity could bring to healthcare. What if it could allow doctors to monitor patients from within their homes?
There are a number of conditions for which this is particularly suitable. One is sleep apnoea, a potentially dangerous disorder where breathing stops and starts while someone is sleeping....
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