State of Connectivity
Approximately 15 million medical devices are in use across U.S. hospitals, with 10 to 15 connected medical devices per patient bed.¹
While these devices collect thousands of useful data points about patients’ health, they typically cannot communicate with one another.
This leaves healthcare organizations with the task of collecting and organizing the data into one electronic medical record (EMR), which can lead to manual errors, inefficient workflows, and take time away from caring for patients.
With the medical device industry set to grow steadily, healthcare organizations and device manufacturers need a solution to connect disparate data sources into one central platform to improve patient outcomes.
Increased connectivity is also the necessary starting point for innovation in healthcare. Clean data compiled in one location gives organizations more visibility into their patient’s health, allows for robust data strategies, and acts as a basis for inventive AI modeling
15 Million
Medical devices are in use across U.S. hospitals¹
50 Billion
Devices will be deployed globally in the next decade¹
2 Million
Different types of medical devices in the worldwide market
1 “Medical Devices.” IBM, www.ibm.com/thought-leadership/institute-business-value/en-us/report/medical-device-security. Accessed 6 Nov. 2023.
2 World Health Organization. “Medical Devices.” Www.who.int, 2022, www.who.int/health-topics/medical-devices#tab=tab_1. Accessed 6 Nov. 2023.