Technology is revolutionising healthcare in many ways and one area in which it’s already being used extensively is to provide care alarms for dispersed (home) and group (care home) living . This is a rapidly growing segment of the developing telecare sector. According to a report from Market Research Future, the Clinical Alarm Management Market will be worth $5.35 billion worldwide by 2030, growing at a rate of 18.8% a year.
It’s easy to understand why specialist developers of all kinds of devices and software are getting involved. As well as buttons and alarms, there are IoT sensors that can be used to monitor beds or the environment in a room, specially-adapted IP cameras and audio equipment, and touch-pads and tablet devices, along with accompanying apps, designed specifically for use in care alarm systems.
Technology challenge
While it’s great that all these new options are being made available, it also presents the companies providing care alarm solutions with a major challenge, as Gunnar Reinholdsen, Co-Founder, iotcomms.io (IOT Communications), explained ahead of the company’s attendance at the ITEC Conference and exhibition in Birmingham.
“There is growing demand for technology-enabled care, but the technology is fragmented and specialised, something which puts a great deal of the onus onto the telecoms competency of the care alarm solutions provider.”
While they might want to take advantage of the new and enhanced capabilities that IP- and cloud-based alarm, voice, and video communication offer, these providers lack the expertise required to bring this to market at pace. This is where iotcomms.io’s technology has a really important role to play, providing a proven technology and communications platform that can enable solution providers to introduce modern technology without having to develop it themselves, saving valuable time and cost.
Don’t do it all yourself
“You need to disrupt the traditional do-it-all-yourself model and make use of existing and already proven technologies provided by third party communications specialists”, said Reinholdsen. “We are a technology partner with deep expertise and experience in building scalable cloud-based alarm communication. Our platform has the domain specific capabilities needed, such as supporting the analogue and digital protocols used in the sector.
