Increase in IoMT Devices During COVID-19 Leads to Health IT Challenges

A majority of health IT leaders (92%) had to increase network bandwidth capacity to accommodate an influx of connected medical devices, according to the findings of a survey conducted by Masergy.

The results of the new survey shed light on the increased use of health IT since March 2020. The survey, taken by 200 IT leaders from hospitals, primary and urgent care facilities, pharmaceutical companies, and other healthcare entities, aimed to show how pandemic-driven changes have accelerated demands for network resiliency and cloud security. In fact, 95% of respondents reported an increase in network traffic since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.