According to In-Stat, the U.S. healthcare wireless data spending will surpass $4.5 billion by 2014. It is said that factors like immediacy and mobility are driving this increase in mobile data consumption among the medical caregivers. More precisely, caregivers benefit from having on-the-go access to patients’ status, records, diagnostic tools, prescriptions and medications to better coordinating care and prevent medical errors.
With medical records being digitized in the near future, moving all that data to mobile is the next logical step forward. And it’s not just healthcare that looks to take advantage of mobile data – US enterprises in general are continuing their adoption of wireless solutions to business problems.
Further findings from In-Stat’s wireless data spending research found:
- Asset management and conservation carry a demonstrable ROI making them compelling drivers among wireless applications.
- Smartphones and the burgeoning diversity of mobile apps expand vertical solutions for commercial entities.
- The retail trade vertical represents 10% of total US wireless spending. Retail shelf stocking, aisle management, inventory control, and ordering fulfillment increasingly depend on handheld wireless devices. Such devices feed data to software that interfaces with supply chain systems.
And you can get additional information on In-Stat’s report from their website.