No surprise here, but here’s more evidence of WiFi becoming more of a necessity, not a luxury, in the healthcare
industry. A new report from The FocalPoint Group provides the details.
”In 2004 we estimate the total medical Wi-Fi market to be $495 million in the United States. That includes Wi-Fi
equipment, Wi-Fi networking and systems integration, and also mentoring, control and optimization. Going out to 2010 we
estimate it will be about $2 billion.”
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The wireless industry has a lot riding on healthcare, where the dominant protocol among competing wireless options
stands to enjoy significant revenues. The study projects that wireless networking and related service revenues in the
healthcare arena will be a $7 billion business in the United States by 2010.
1. Good news for the wireless industry. The healthcare industry is filled with a high number of increasingly mobile workers who would benefit from having wireless technology aid them in patient care.
Posted at 9:17AM on Oct 4th 2005 by Biohealthmatics