Connected health M2M enables remote monitoring of patients from the convenience of their homes, thus reducing the cost of travel while ensuring proper patient care.
The rising cost of healthcare is intensifying demand in the Global Connected Health M2M Market, thereby aiding growth at a staggering CAGR of 33.08 percent from 2014-2019.
TechNavio analysts have identified the top 10 companies who are bringing the next gen healthcare services at our doorstep.
Allscripts
Allscripts is a leading provider of healthcare solutions and services. The company provides clinical, connectivity, health-related analytics, and patient engagement solutions to physicians, hospitals, consumer pharmacies, and retail clinics.
It also provides EHR and revenue cycle management solutions to hospitals and doctors. Recently, the company collaborated with Express Scripts to deploy the eAuth electronic prior authorization solution. In 2014, it formed a partnership with Citra Health.
Apple
Apple is a leading provider of healthcare apps that can be accessed with the help of tablets, iPads, and iPhones.
The company provides wearable devices such as watches and health kits to monitor patients. Its healthcare product portfolio consists of Epic Canto, AirStrip – patient monitoring, Gazelle, WebMD, and Visualdx.
athenahealth
athenahealth is a leading provider of cloud-based health solutions to hospitals, physicians, and consumers. The solutions offered by the company are EHR, patient engagement, and practice management solutions.
It also offers athenaNet, an internet-based practice management solution; anodyne analytics, a business intelligence application that provides information to physicians about patients and helps in quick decision making; and athenaCollector, a revenue cycle management application.
GE Healthcare
GE Healthcare is a leading provider of innovative medical technologies and services. The company’s innovative offerings include patient monitoring systems, medical imaging, medical diagnostics, and drug discovery.
It also offers life care solutions, diagnostic imaging solutions, and medical resonance imaging. The company’s products are aimed at improving the diagnosis and treatment of certain diseases such as cancer and heart and neurological ailments.
Stanley Healthcare Solutions (AeroScout)
AeroScout is a prominent vendor in the Healthcare industry. The company was acquired by Stanley Healthcare Solutions in 2012. Its Wi-Fi RTLS solutions are deployed in the American Hospital Association. Because the demand for RTLSs is increasing in the Healthcare industry, the company is expanding its business and experiencing growth in this vertical.
It provides asset tracking, motion detection, and temperature monitoring solutions to the Healthcare industry. It also provides pendant sensor tags that are used during emergencies. In March 2014, the company entered into a partnership with Barcoding to provide hybrid RFID solutions to its customers.
Honeywell HomeMed
Honeywell HomeMed is a platform provider for healthcare services worldwide. The company offers telehealth and remote patient monitoring solutions to consumers. The various platforms provided by the company are LifeStream Manager, LifeStream Analytics, LifeStream Connect, and LifeStream View.
The LifeStream platform is a telehealth platform that provides secure access to patient medical data. The company also provides the Genesis DM platform that helps in remote monitoring of patients.
HP Enterprise Services
HP Enterprise Services is a provider of healthcare services to US federal government organizations and departments that include the US DoD Military Health System Organization, US Department of VA, and US FDA. In 2014, the company signed a number of contracts to provide healthcare services in the US.
For instance, it signed a US$116.9 million contract with the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing to implement the Medicaid management system. It also signed a contract worth US$147 million with the Delaware Department of Health and Social Services to implement the interChange Medicaid Management Information System. In addition, the company provides an enterprise mobile printing solution called ePrint for healthcare.
Qualcomm
Qualcomm is a leading provider of wireless technology and services worldwide. The company offers the Medical Tricoder, which is a portable device that can diagnose pneumonia, diabetes, and sleep apnea.
Qualcomm Life is a subsidiary of the company that provides healthcare services, especially to patients who are suffering from chronic diseases, in Europe and North America. In December 2014, the company entered into a partnership with vitaphone e-health solutions to provide remote monitoring and telehealth solutions to consumers.
Voxiva
Voxiva is a leading child mHealth application developer. The company’s product portfolio includes text messaging to patients about their health information, mobile apps, and devices. Text4baby is a program that delivers health-related information to pregnant women.
In 2013, the company and TracFone Wireless entered into a partnership with Molina Healthcare to provide text message-based health services to consumers. They also offer free cell phones to consumers.
Zebra Technologies
Zebra Technologies is a leading barcode and RFID technology provider for the Healthcare industry. The products and services offered by the company are RFID printers, barcode applications, asset tracking solutions, and WIP solutions.
In 2013, the company introduced 60 new products. In October 2014, it acquired the enterprise business of Motorola Solutions, which helped both players become leaders in providing asset tracking solutions. Some of the products offered by the company for healthcare printing solutions are HC100 Patient ID Solution, ZT200 Series, QLn220, ZM400, G-Series, ZXP Series 3, and Genuine Zebra Wristbands.
