Data stands at the foundation for the future of healthcare as a valuable resource, with unlimited potential to change the way healthcare is created, reviewed, and delivered.

Experiencing a paradigm shift of rapid change, healthcare in Asia is ushering in a digital healthcare system that will replace its predecessor in Industry 4.0. Asia will quickly overtake Europe as the second-largest regional market by 2023 and is developing into a major growth driver behind global healthcare, according to a report by McKinsey & Company.

Amidst both a challenging and complex external environment, the region’s evolving medical needs stem from its geography and economic climate, with the presence of infectious tropical diseases and the proliferation of chronic diseases. However, providing adequate healthcare remains a major challenge in this diverse region, with delivery ranging from world-class hospitals in Singapore and Bangkok to crowded medical facilities in other less developed countries. Good healthcare requires the adoption of modern medical technology or Medtech. As such, optimally designed hospitals need to accommodate the use of complex equipment to handle the human error and mechanical failure, while stabilizing the massive ratio of patients to medical professionals.

Built for Mobility

Apart from their role in the industrial sectors, exoskeletons have grown into their own space in the medical sector, becoming a vital resource in both treating and treating conditions such as Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis, spinal cord injury, and stroke that can impede movement among patients. Assisting medical exoskeletons not only benefits patients but also helps in dealing with unintended strains of such conditions as fatigue and excessive stress among healthcare workers as well. To reduce work-related injuries, and their aftercare, the growth of exoskeletons in the medical sector is expected to reach $578 million by 2024.

Access to Quality Air

Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is common among critically ill patients and is closely associated with acute respiratory failure, limited quality of life, and high mortality. ARDS occurs most often in cases of pneumonia, sepsis, aspiration of gastric contents, or severe shock with infection occurring among patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) in up to 10 percent. When necessary, hospitals around the world require mechanical ventilation to treat acute respiratory distress syndrome, specifically requiring careful concentration of purified medical air.

Wear and Sync Data

There are currently about 800 million people worldwide with high blood pressure. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), studies show that in North America, Western Europe, and the Asia-Pacific region, lowering systolic blood pressure can reduce the risk of stroke by nearly a third, in people between the ages of 60 and 79. Years. Since the invention of the first blood pressure monitors over 40 years ago, Omron Healthcare has been supporting the change in how blood pressure monitors are viewed with the first wearable blood pressure monitor, the HeartGuide.