Kalorama Information announced efforts to avoid emergency room overcrowding are one of the factors driving patient monitoring systems' market growth.
Kalorama Information's report, "Remote and Wireless Patient Monitoring Markets," showed sales of patient monitoring systems with wireless capability more than doubled from 2007 to 2011. Specifically, the U.S. market for patient monitoring systems, including wireless and remote patient monitors; applications and equipment for processing data; and applications and equipment for transferring patient monitoring data into an electronic medical record, increased from $3.9 billion in 2007 to $8.9 billion by 2011.
In addition to ER overcrowding, ER diversion — during which overcapacity at one hospital forces it to send patients to nearby hospitals — and staff shortages also contribute to this market growth, according to the release.
Remote patient monitoring devices with wireless communication can enable healthcare providers to communicate with clinicians and patients quickly and easily access patient data, which can help relieve ER crowding, prevent diversion and reduce the need for extra staff, according to the report.
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Kalorama Information's report, "Remote and Wireless Patient Monitoring Markets," showed sales of patient monitoring systems with wireless capability more than doubled from 2007 to 2011. Specifically, the U.S. market for patient monitoring systems, including wireless and remote patient monitors; applications and equipment for processing data; and applications and equipment for transferring patient monitoring data into an electronic medical record, increased from $3.9 billion in 2007 to $8.9 billion by 2011.
In addition to ER overcrowding, ER diversion — during which overcapacity at one hospital forces it to send patients to nearby hospitals — and staff shortages also contribute to this market growth, according to the release.
Remote patient monitoring devices with wireless communication can enable healthcare providers to communicate with clinicians and patients quickly and easily access patient data, which can help relieve ER crowding, prevent diversion and reduce the need for extra staff, according to the report.
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