How Wearable Technology like Wristbands and Smart Watches Could Improve Patient Safety
When it comes to the topic of patient safety in hospitals, most people tend to only associate this term with ensuring that the right medications and doses are dispensed to the right patients. However, various advances that are being made with regards to wearable technology devices like Smart Watches and even diagnostic bandages could soon take the aspect of patient safety and the monitoring of health conditions to a whole new level.
Potential Reality in the Next two Years
Although items such as wearable head-mounted cameras were nothing more than a mere pipe dream a decade or two ago, these devices have now become a reality. A director of research for technology, media and communications at Deloitte Canada, Duncan Stewart, stated that while devices like these did not appear to appeal to end consumers, the level of enterprise interest in these devices from his company