The document discusses how the Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) is transforming the healthcare industry by connecting medical devices and software applications. Some key points: - IoMT allows remote patient monitoring, medical advice online, and reduces burden on healthcare systems. - It has applications in hospitals/clinics, homes, and on the body through wearable devices. This helps doctors diagnose early and monitor patients. - During COVID-19, IoMT has proved useful for remote treatment and reducing hospital visits through telemedicine. - It lowers healthcare costs, provides real-time patient data access for doctors, tracks staff/patients/inventory, and improves chronic disease management and efficiency. - With over

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IoMT: The Start of a New Era in the Healthcare Industry
Since technology has profoundly sneaked into people’s lives and helps us perform daily tasks, it is now
transforming the healthcare sector known as IoMT.
IoMT refers to the Internet of medical things, a combination of medical devices and software applications
interconnected to perform various health-related tasks. According to a report, the market size of IoMT is
expected to reach $72.02 billion by 2021 which was $22.5 billion in 2016.
Integrating IoMT in the healthcare industry facilitates people to take medical advice online and simultaneously
reduces the burden on the healthcare system.
Let’s now focus on the areas in Healthcare where IoMT can nd applications:
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Since there are signi cantly fewer doctors than patients, it can help doctors diagnose the disease early and
give proper treatments to the patients. IoMT assists doctors to monitor medical machines like X-ray, CT
scanner, and MRI.
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2. With wearable medical devices, a doctor can also monitor the patient’s time from ward to operating theatre
and implement accordingly. Moreover, it saves time for doctors and patients as well.
In the era of covid-19, when people refrain from visiting hospitals, it has proved to be a boon for healthcare
professionals and patients. People need not visit hospital premises for treatment as they can use telemedicine
and get clinical advice.
If a patient is severely ill, doctors can treat them online by taking medical device assistance to collect patient
data and transfer it to the doctor. Hence, it is cost-e ective for the patient as it saves bed charges, nursing sta
charges, and travel expenses.
People are now more conscious of their health and tness nowadays. IoMT assists them by providing medical
devices wearables like wristwatches that help people to check their health status.
They can get to know their heart-related issues and other organs well being by putting medical devices on
their body. Moreover, It records the user’s physical activities and keeps the data which on the requirement can
share with the doctors.
Bene ts of Internet of Medical Things (IoMT)
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People will have to no more wait for standing in line to take clinical advice. In this Covid era, IoMT is going to
transform people’s lives. It will assist in reducing healthcare costs, time and increase e ciency.
Moreover, social distancing norms have also increased the drift to technologies which is extremely helpful to
deliver the services widely. People can now take the bene t of it and improve their health status.
#1. Lowers the Healthcare Cost
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3. One of the signi cant bene ts of integrating IoMT is cost-e ciency. When a patient visits hospitals, he has to
go through several expenses, whereas when he interacts with a doctor online, the cost is reduced.
The patient needs not to go to the clinic for a routine check-up as technology will help his check-up done
online with clinical devices and doctor involvement. He may book an appointment online through
telemedicine and take the doctor’s advice, thus minimizing the medical expenses.
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#2. Real-Time Data Care System
A doctor can easily access real-time data with the help of IoMT as several smart devices will help to get the
real-time data of the patients. These smart devices are wearable ones like wristwatches and smart belts, which
have inbuilt sensors.
The medical devices monitor the patient and collect data related to his disease. Hence, the doctor can directly
advise a patient and treat him simultaneously.
#3. Tracking Staff, Patients and Inventory
By integrating it into the healthcare sector, one can track the sta movements, keep an eye on inventory
management and monitor the patient’s activity.
Since coronavirus brokedown, it is essential to look after the substantial medical sta to sanitize properly and
maintain social distance. Moreover, it also helps supervise people’s entrance and exit in hospital premises to
check unauthorized access.
#4. Chronic Disease Management

4. It is very bene cial for those su ering from chronic disease as IoT provides several wearable devices that can
transfer the report to the doctors. And the doctor can treat the patients accordingly.
Moreover, integrating blockchain and AI can help much better to secure the handling of data.
#5. Smart Pills
Smart pills are the icing on the cake for better monitoring of the patient. The smart pills are digestible, and it
has an inbuilt sensor with the help of that the healthcare professional can check the symptoms of the disease.
Several patients forget by chance to take pills on time. Additionally, it can also transfer data to the doctor
whether the patient has taken a medicine on time or not.
#6. Remote Medical Assistance
Multiple devices help patients track the heart rate, glucose level, and blood pressure level to ensure proper
treatment. Heart rate monitors explicitly track the pulses and transfer the data to the doctors accordingly.
Similar medical devices are performing the task of monitoring various organs, ensuring the treatment on time.
As per Statista, almost 161 million IoMT devices were installed in 2020 which gives insights into its usability in
the next years.
#7. Improves E ciency
Last but not least, by implementing IoMT, e ciency improves in several ways. The medical devices are fast,
more innovative, and accurate, ensuring good patient health. They provide accurate data on time, thus
assisting doctors to give proper medications to the patient.
Patients nd medical devices useful as they assist them in monitoring their health activity from time to time.
Thus, they can comprehend doctor appointments’ requirement to take care of the nascent stage of the disease.
Wrapping up!
Integrating IoMT in the healthcare sector is the need of the hour to boost up the healthcare business. Most
health organizations have already adopted the technology to expedite their business capacity.
Moreover, this innovative technology has shown the world a ray of new hope to cope with the brimming
situation inculcated by coronavirus disease.
You can also implement IoMT by contacting the best healthcare app development company in India and
foresee your healthcare business to attain a new height.
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Varun Bhagat
PixelCrayons

5. Varun Bhagat is a technology geek and works as a Sr. IT Consultant
with PixelCrayons, a web & software development company in
India.He possesses in-depth knowledge of mobile app development & web development
technologies and helps clients to choose the best platforms as per their needs.
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