Patient Monitoring Solutions
There’s a large number of Patient Monitoring providers
BCC Research suggests:
- The U.S. market for patient monitoring devices, accessories, and consumables was worth nearly $6.2 billion in 2007. The market is projected to grow to almost $6.5 billion in 2008 and $8.6 billion by 2013, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 5.7%.
- The monitoring devices segment has the largest share of the market, worth $3.6 billion in 2007 and an estimated $3.8 billion in 2008. This is expected to grow at a CAGR of 6.2% to reach $5.1 billion in 2013.
- Disposable sensors and other consumables generated $2.6 billion in 2007. This should increase to $2.7 billion in 2008 and $3.4 billion in 2013, for a CAGR of 5.1%.
Major Manufacturers established in the market include:
Motorola
Remote Patient Monitoring Solutions
Without mobility, nurses must be physically located at the centralized nursing station to view patient vital signs and the status of medical equipment in the patient’s room — from EKG machines to respirators and more. But with a wireless mobile computer, nursing staff has the ability to check patient vital signs and even make needed adjustments to medical equipment, all while moving throughout the healthcare facility.
With mobility, many tasks can be performed on the run. This enables nurses to deliver higher quality patient care, and significantly improves productivity by eliminating the time spent constantly traveling to either the central nursing station or the patient’s room to perform critical tasks.
Most critical care patients have cardiac activity monitored by a 3-lead system; signals usually are sent to a central monitoring station by a small radio transmitter worn by the patient. Automated systems generate alarms for abnormal rates and rhythms and store abnormal tracings for subsequent review.
Some specialized cardiac monitors track advanced parameters associated with coronary ischemia, although their clinical benefit is unclear. These include continuous ST segment monitoring and heart rate variability. Loss of normal beat-to-beat variability signals a reduction in autonomic activity and possibly coronary ischemia and increased risk of death.
In order to provide a full range of solutions for the hospital enterprise Siemens Medical Solutions cooperates with Dräger Medical, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of medical technology for the acute point of care. Dräger Medical offers CareArea™ Solutions consisting of products, integrated systems and services throughout the entire patient care process from Emergency Care, the OR/Anesthesia to Critical Care, Perinatal Care and Home Care.
The two partners combine clinical strengths and expertise in diagnostic, therapeutic and information technologies to deliver complete solutions for the whole hospital, connecting the enterprise and departmental levels with the acute point of care.
Siemens and Dräger Medical jointly develop IT solutions to ensure the seamless integration of patient data throughout the entire patient care process. A common user interface based on syngo®, the unique software platform for medical systems and applications, facilitates intuitive handling and increased productivity.
Dräger Medical is a joint venture of Drägerwerk AG and Siemens AG.
GE Healthcare
More than Monitoring. Uniting.
GE Healthcare provides medical technologies that are shaping a new age of patient care. Our expertise in medical imaging and information technologies, medical diagnostics, patient monitoring systems, drug discovery and biopharmaceutical manufacturing technologies is helping physicians develop new ways to predict, diagnose, inform and treat disease.
Today, GE Healthcare is integrating patient monitors, industry-leading parameters, wireless devices, workflows and integrated IT solutions to create a fluent system of clinical intelligence. This new category of solutions is called Clinical Information Logistics™ and it’s helping caregivers make better, faster choices in the care of patients world-wide.
