Market Trends of Wireless Healthcare Asset Management Industry
Asset tags Products Segment is Expected to Hold a Significant Market Share
- Asset tags are implemented to keep track of every item in the inventory and avoid loss of assets. Many healthcare institutions have utilized the latest technologies, such as NFC, and legacy technologies, such as RFID, have been deployed to keep track of all the equipment used in hospitals and clinics.
- RFID technology, which uses wireless communication for identifying and tracking equipment and people, has witnessed strong adoption in healthcare over the years. Additionally, when paired with a Real-time locating system (RTLS) or indoor positioning system, RFID tags allow healthcare providers to track newborns and prevent their older patients with dementia or other issues from wandering offsite.
- In April 2023, Verizon Business announced the deployment of the private 5G network at the Cleveland Clinic Hospital in Mentor, Ohio. Through this partnership, the two companies would develop ways to use this technology to enhance patient care, offer caregivers greater connectivity to deliver that care, and raise the patient and visitor experience.
- Furthermore, patient history tracking allows doctors to give better prescriptions and provide the necessary care. Due to this, hospitals are using RFID wristbands with patient data to keep track of their patient’s medical history. This led to increasing innovation in asset tags, and market vendors are capitalizing on this opportunity.
- Using asset tags in hospitals also helps reduce downtime by implementing better planning and utilization of the asset. The hospital supply chain must be efficient to prevent the loss of life. Also, numerous products must be kept in the hospitals, both a necessity and a mandate. Therefore, this large number of equipment and products must be easily trackable by the hospital staff to avoid delays in treatment. As these tags are readily available and less expensive, they are highly adopted by hospitals, which is the key reason for the high share of this segment.
- The increasing number of IoT devices plays a significant role in driving the growth of the asset tag products segment in the market. IoT devices, including sensors and RFID tags, enable precise and real-time tracking of healthcare assets such as medical equipment, supplies, and devices. According to ETNO European Telecommunications Network Operators' Association survey, the number of IoT healthcare active connections was expected to increase through the years. In 2016 it was at 0.87 million connections and was expected to reach 10.34 million by 2025.
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Asia Pacific Expected to Witness Significant Growth in the Market
- Asia-Pacific is anticipated to grow during the projected period due to the technological expansion of developing countries and an increasing middle-aged population in this region. Rising expenditure on healthcare infrastructure and emerging unmet market demand will propel the market's growth rate in this region.
- The growing demand for innovative health asset management solutions, such as IoT-based real-time tracking and blockchain-enabled asset management, is expected to enhance the market growth in the region over the forecast period. Additionally, the emergence of remote patient monitoring and collaborations between market vendors and healthcare institutions are anticipated to boost the market's growth in the region over the forecast period.
- IoT is expected to witness massive adoption in the region over the coming years, with mobile technologies playing a vital role in enabling the industry to grow. Owing to such developments in IoT and mobile technologies, the healthcare industry in the region is expected to prosper, thereby providing numerous opportunities for market expansion.
- Hospitals in the region are deploying various asset-tracking hardware and software, such as RFID, barcode GPS, and IoT sensor-based solutions, to track medical equipment efficiently. For instance, barcodes are used extensively in hospitals for smaller medical equipment, and RFID tags are used in oversized equipment, such as beds, wheelchairs, and heart monitors. In the past few years, advanced asset tracking systems, such as real-time IoT sensor-based medical asset tracking solutions, have gained traction in the healthcare industry.
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