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Home healthcare is the fastest-growing medical expense because of the aging population, the increasing prevalence of chronic disease, and skyrocketing hospital costs. Patients and families are choosing the option of home care more frequently. Companies are striving to make equipment available to aid those providing home healthcare.
Innovations in equipment include “smart” devices that significantly decrease the amount of machine maintenance necessary. Many are also connected wirelessly to the Internet, which provides efficient, monitored service.
Most devices are geared towards teaching people to monitor themselves and their conditions through the use of tools that provide warnings and signs concerning their health.
Consumer/home healthcare equipment applications: