Healthcare IT News May 3, 2017
While 40 percent are running projects, IDC says 73 percent of executives are prepared to start Internet of Things work this year. The majority of healthcare executives anticipate that Internet of Things will become mainstream this year, according to a new report from consultancy IDC.
Nearly 40 percent already have pilot projects or IoT work underway, IDC noted in a new report, “The Internet of Things — Connecting a Healthcare Ecosystem.”
Seventy-three percent, meanwhile, said they are either prepared or very prepared to support IoT in 2017.
IDC analysts found that the most common reasons hospitals are adopting IoT-related technologies...