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Internet of Medical Things – An Extensive Overview

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Internet of Medical Things – An Extensive Overview

Blog: Internet of Medical Things 


With hundreds of medical and healthcare apps already on the Google Play Store and Apple App Store, the some questions that comes to the mind is –


  • Why do we need the Internet of Medical Things (IoMT)?
  • What does IoMT exactly bring to the table?
  • How will it change the healthcare industry?
  • What can we expect from it?


Let’s look into these questions one after the other, but first, we need to understand about the Internet of Medical Things.


What is the Internet of Medical Things (IoMT)?


The Internet of Medical Things is a technology that enables machine to machine communication among healthcare devices and instruments. It can monitor and notify real-time health issues, not just to patients, but to healthcare providers too. Experts believe that it has the potential to radically transform the medical industry.


With the Internet of Medical Things technology, doctors and other medical staff will be able to collect critical health data from patients directly via the devices which are attached to the patients. They can analyze, monitor, and even store data in cloud-based applications for future records.


IoMT will bring more transparency, affordability, reliability, and accuracy to the healthcare industry. These devices range from wearables, home medical devices, healthcare applications, and point-of-care kits. It also helps in the quick and accurate diagnosis of diseases based on symptoms and data gathered from such devices.


These smart devices can also communicate with other devices and can relay data between them, which enables medical professionals to take correct decisions on time.


A few glimpse IoMT market


The Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) Market size is projected to reach $187.60 billion by 2028 at a CAGR of 29.5% due to increasing investment by healthcare organizations for reducing medical service costs, optimizing patients’ care delivery services, and improving operational efficiency.


The COVID-19 outbreak becomes the top reason for the growth of IoMT as the healthcare sector remains an epicenter of the challenges brought on by the pandemic.


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