What You Need to Know About the Internet of Things and Medical Devices

Everyone is connected, and now our things are becoming connected: thermostats, lights, door locks, cars, cameras, baby monitors, and a plethora of other gadgets. Some connect to a server in the cloud, some connect to mobile devices, some connect to each other, and some connect to everything. It was only 25 years ago that the Web really started to take off. Today, the Web gives us information at our fingertips, perhaps not as it was envisioned a few decades ago, but we’ve reached a point of widespread connectivity and accessibility. Depending on who you listen to, year-over-year growth of the Internet of Things (IoT) could slow to 40% in 2020 and have a dollar value in the hundreds of billions. We are still in the early days of rapid expansion and, as always, there are issues—enough such that we have the ‘‘IoT Cybersecurity Improvement Act of 2017’’ appearing in the news. As we think about the projected growth of IoT in particular, this is probably a good thing. The growth of IoT is driving advancements in base technologies, products, and consumer expectations, and the effects it has on our daily lives will continue to evolve. If you need to be convinced of this, shut down your internet access for a few days. Join Sal Sanci at BIOMEDevice in San Jose, as he explores some real-world examples of IoT-medtech convergence and discusses how to deal with security, value, technologies, and lessons learned. How does IoT intersect with medical devices? Imagine that you could...
Source: MDDI - Category: Medical Devices Authors: Tags: Digital Health Source Type: news