U.S. Remote Patient Monitoring Market Hit $7 Billion in 2010

Between 2008 and 2010, U.S. revenues for wireless remote patient monitoring devices increased by 23% to reach $7.1 billion in 2010, and are projected reach more than $22 billion by 2015. Wireless remote patient monitoring devices are those that transmit patient’s vital signs to a central location—a hospital department or a health care professional’s office—giving health care professionals the ability to monitor the patient’s condition between office visits and intervene as needed to help the patient avoid a health crisis requiring emergency care or hospitalization. The devices are primarily used with individuals diagnosed . . .