With IoT, patients can get continuous health monitoring anywhere, anytime

Remote patient monitoring is gaining momentum as healthcare providers strive to deliver more services on tighter budgets.

With the population aging and facing greater health issues, the pressure on healthcare services is rising and will continue to do so. Providers are grappling with lower reimbursements and a significant trend toward payments for value rather than volume.

To cope with these challenges, the industry is embracing new healthcare delivery models that emphasize more outpatient and at-home services. To enable these new models, providers are increasingly embracing remote patient monitoring. Traditionally, RPM has meant taking existing medical monitoring devices and putting them into the home. A finger pulse oximeter. A scale. All requiring manual entry by the patient or...