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p. 4 Mobility Hospitals and healthcare providers in general represent a significant number of employees who are in constant motion. Mobile connectivity for themselves and the instruments they work with is critical to their daily operations. The number of healthcare devices (and therefore healthcare services) are expanding from the secure environment of hospitals and doctor's offices to mobility to support improved patient quality of life. This expansion increases the need for strong, reliable wireless connectivity. Cloud Analytics With the fast-paced growth of innovation and the ever- increasing amount of data resulting from these connected technologies, more elaborate systems are also required to collect, store, and process this information. Having an abundance of data is useless without efficient means to effectively gather, maintain, and analyze it for diagnosis, treatment, and more efficiencies in healthcare settings. Analytics and the growth of Blockchain technologies will lead to rapid and accurate diagnostics. They will also be instrumental in the growth of data interchange and improved care by connecting electronic medical records to allow seamless sharing of records across healthcare providers. Innovation Currently, medical device innovation is accelerating faster than pharmaceutical advancements. The use of personal monitoring devices (such as fitness trackers and continuous glucose monitoring systems) is sky-rocketing and will only continue to grow in the acute care and home healthcare environments. The size of pumps and other patient monitoring devices are shrinking and going wireless allows patient mobility versus being tethered to these devices in a fixed location. The use of robotic surgeries and other wireless technologies in the operating room is increasing. The pace of innovation and the growth of IoMT technologies and applications is putting more and more pressure on healthcare providers to adopt these advancements to improve patient care and satisfaction while reducing costs. Data The amount of medical knowledge and data is exploding. Consider this… in 1950, it took 50 years for the amount of medical data to double. By the year 2020, that doubling time will be just 73 days. Doctors, nurses, and providers in general are required to utilize electronic medical records (EMR) to monitor and maintain patients' medical data. Data collection from patients is becoming more automated across the continuum of care through wireless technologies. There is also an increased focus on leveraging connected devices for asset tracking (knowing where medical devices/ equipment are located and how they are being used), predictive maintenance (determining the condition of in- service equipment to better know when maintenance is required), and environmental monitoring (ensuring that temperature-sensitive devices and material are maintained at the proper temperature, for example). The number of asset-tracking and inventory management solutions deployed are expected to double in the next couple of years. Data Innovation Cloud Analytics Mobility C O N N E C T I V I T Y Connectivity is what brings these four market dynamics – data, cloud analytics, innovation, and mobility – together, successfully connecting people and devices to the healthcare network no matter the medical purpose or the location of the connected device.

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