Advances in medical sensors and wireless communications allow health status to be monitored from a distance, decreasing the need for expensive consultations and frequent clinic visits.
Continuous monitoring may also enable faster emergency responses to sudden accidents or life-threatening events.
These could enhance healthcare for millions of chronically ill, post-surgical and at-risk patients, improving outcomes, decreasing costs, and improving access.
But management of real-time data and alerts from hundreds or even thousands of patients is a significant challenge.
Monitoring services and physicians need tools that can
Organize and summarize information
Prioritize and manage events
Recognize and highlight evolving risks.