A 2017 World Bank/WHO study found that almost half the world’s population has no access to basic healthcare. In addition, the report reveals that there are inconsistencies in access to healthcare services in the developed world. Harvard Medical School, Cambridge Health Alliance, and others found that Americans of working age are at 40% greater risk of death than those without insurance.
What if a patient can be remotely monitored to see if they have a medical condition?
Then, it is possible to reduce the amount of money spent on medicine and surgery. This means that fewer patients need to visit hospitals. Some are also less accessible and can be reached remotely. This will ensure that even patients with no insurance can access health services.
IoMT: What is it?
The Internet of Medical things (IoMT), or Healthcare IoT, a collection of internet-enabled applications and medical devices that can communicate directly with each others (machine–to–machine communication), and are connected through a cloud platform like AWS. To make future predictions, data from these devices may be further analysed.
1. IoMT can enable Remote Patient Monitoring
Remote monitoring can soon become a reality with the advent of internet broadband that can reach even the most remote parts of developed nations and the availability cheap internet-connected devices and plans.
The IoT devices are equipped with sensors that can measure and detect changes in temperature, pressure, or other variables. These data can be stored on the cloud. This data can then be used to develop Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems that have a detailed history of vital signs of the patient, treatments/prescriptions, diseases diagnosed, etc. EHR systems can assist in predicting and preventing future medical conditions.
Remote patient monitors are beneficial not only for the patients, but also for healthcare service providers. Remote patient monitoring allows them access to more patients and is not restricted by the capacity of an institution such as a hospital.
The iPad app can be used to remotely monitor Ultrasound machines at the largest German healthcare tech company.
2. Smart Hospitals
Hospitals in today’s world are much like small towns, spread over many acres. It can sometimes prove difficult to locate someone or a machine within such a vast area. In an emergency situation, a person/machine may not be available in time to save the patient’s life. IoMT steps in to save lives. It can assist in the location of various people and objects on a medical campus. This data allows for a reduction in administrative tasks as well as inventory management.
We have identified areas in which medical practice owners can increase their investments to expand their patient list.
3. Collect of Clinical Data
Electronic Health Records do not include clinical data. This data includes administrative data as well as data from health insurance claims, disease registry, health surveys and clinical trial data. IoT devices make it easy and automatic to collect and integrate this data, which can save a lot for healthcare service providers.
In addition, to the many benefits listed above, IoMT is able to monitor data from Intensive Care Units. ECG, ECG, abnormalities in Kidneys, and other diseases.
A UK-based healthcare center streamlines and automates the practices of clinical staff, general physicians (GPs) as well consultants. The multi-clinic Practice Management System is used to manage their network of clinics.
Conclusion
IoMT, AI & Machine Learning (Big Data), and Big Data are all going to change the medical landscape for the better. It will affect every human being on Earth. IoT already has mainstream acceptance and is generating rich, timely data at a much faster rate than ever before.
Affordable healthcare services have become a pressing need. According to NCBI healthcare costs will rise by 4.2 Percent per year in America, going from $7.1 Tillion in 2015 to 8.7 Tillion by 2020. The same situation exists in other regions of the world. This makes it impossible for those who live in developing countries and are experiencing economic difficulties to obtain these services.
Therefore, healthcare service providers should work with healthcare IT partners to lower the prices of healthcare products. Daffodil fully understands the importance of data generated and stored by healthcare organizations. Our developers have extensive knowledge in healthcare software design and can create the right IoT systems for your company.