The wireless local area network and Wi-Fi RTLS (Real-Time Locations Systems) deployments within healthcare sector has grown at more than 60% over the past 12 months, according to a report by market research firm ABI research.
The research firm said that it expects the high double-digit growth of Wi-Fi adoption in healthcare to continue for at least the medium term.
According to the report, other wireless technologies that are being adopted and deployed in healthcare include, cellular M2M and wearable wireless sensors, which also saw significant growth over the past 12 months.
ABI research said that wireless communications ranging from Wi-Fi networks to wearable sensors that wirelessly transmit a patient’s condition to monitoring applications, continue to be adopted in healthcare applications.
Jonathan Collins, principal analyst at ABI Research, said: "Wi-Fi adoption has helped overcome initial concerns about complexity and reliability of wireless within healthcare.
"The growing number of wireless technologies and wireless applications being developed, piloted and deployed within healthcare further underline the level of interest in using wireless to improve the flexibility and efficiency of healthcare services around the world."
