M2M Healthcare
Health – a whole new world of possibilities.
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Healthcare industries around the world face the same challenge – decrease expenditures while caring for more and
more patients. M2M can help. Telemedicine is able to decrease the costs of expensive doctor visits by enabling
remote communication between physicians and patients. Remote monitoring can reduce or eliminate hospital stays,
freeing up scarce hospital beds for more serious cases, and tracking leads to increases security and peace of
mind.
Telemedicine
Doctors are scarce – especially in rural areas – and their time is valuable. Telemedicine can allow these
doctors to see more patients each day by eliminating unnecessary trips. Machine-to-machine solutions enable
patient tracking systems to keep an eye on a patient’s location and monitoring can automatically alert a doctor
or healthcare facility when necessary. Portable, wearable and even implantable sensors and tools can also watch
vital signs and provide the data to healthcare providers – real-time information that sometimes means the
difference between life and death in heart failure, diabetic comas and other serious illnesses. Telemedicine
helps battle the high costs of serious disease and improve quality of life.
Benefit for Patient:
- Higher quality of life
- Continuous vital sign monitoring
Benefit for Doctors:
- Quicker medical intervention
- Constant access to patient data
- Continuous vital sign monitoring
- More time for patients who really need their care
Ambient assisted living
Ambient assisted living allows the elderly to remain independent in their own homes. Patients receive support
with their daily tasks and with arranging services from third-party healthcare providers. They are also
monitored to ensure their health, safety and well-being. Patient tracking systems offer doctors, relatives and
caregivers a constant update on a patient's whereabouts.
Benefit for Consumer:
- Improve safety at home and on-the-go
- More convenient, independent living
- Ease-of-mind for relatives
Benefit for Hospitals:
- Reduce costs
- Improve response times in emergencies
- Increased patient satisfaction
Prevention & Fitness
Being healthy and in shape isn't just a trend anymore, it's a lifestyle. Machine-to-machine solutions can not
only monitor vital signs during exercise, it can also make real-time transmissions of the data to servers or the
Internet. Users can then quickly view and gain valuable insight on both their health and their fitness programs,
and even share their workouts on social networks. How? Through connected weight scales, heart-rate monitors and
other devices.
Benefit for End-Consumer:
- Improve fitness and quality of life
- Enjoyable fitness challenges with friends
- Monitor health
Benefit for Health insurance:
- Reduce doctor visits
- Motivate clients to improve fitness
- Improve corporate image and customer loyalty
