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How is IoT Reshaping the Healthcare Industry?

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Before the rise of Internet of Things, the doctor-patient interaction was limited to visits and telecommunications. There were no means that helped the hospitals to continuously monitor the patient’s health. However, in the recent years, the rise of Internet of Things (IoT)-enabled devices have unfolded the possibilities that were previously nothing more than stuff of imagination. The rising technology of IoT made remote monitoring in the healthcare sector possible. This pushed the envelope and empowering physicians to deliver superlative services. IoT is undoubtedly transforming the healthcare industry by pushing the boundaries of technology and streamlining all the operations making them seamless. IoT for Patients IoT devices have made it immensely easy to measure blood pressure and heart rates with the help of wearables like fitness brands and other wirelessly connected devices. These devices are also designed to give reminders about calorie count, exercis

Best Practices for Developing Medical Device Software

Until recently, only a few large and well-established hardware-manufacturing organizations were formed in the Medical Device industry. As those devices have now become more software-driven, so the software development companies have also started to work in close association with the manufacturers of medical devices. These software companies now are also independently developing medical products built for consumer devices, e.g. iPhone or Android apps, in addition to supplying software to those product producers. Consumer electronics' pervasiveness makes it easy for almost any software company or app developer to enter that highly controlled market. Today most software for medical devices in the EU is developed by small and medium-sized software organizations. But, whatever their software development expertise, most of them are new to the medical device systems world. Medical device software development team can take these 3 way approach and consider them as some of the be