The Internet Of Things Is Accelerating Connected Health

Mobile phones have had the fastest adoption curve of any technology on the planet. In the US, to reach 80 percent penetration, electricity took 37 years, the color television took a little over 20 years and the Internet took almost 20 years, but the mobile phone only took about 13 years. According to eMarketer, as of May 2014, there are 4.5 billion mobile phone users worldwide, equivalent to over 60 percent of the world population, although the rate of mobile adoption is slowing.

This unprecedented acceptance of mobility is migrating from connecting people to connecting things. This Internet of Things (IoT) is dramatically reshaping many aspects of everyday life, from the clothing we wear to the cars we drive and the homes we live in.

Simply defined, the IoT is a network of physical objects including everyday items, equipment or devices (aka things) connected to the Internet, usually wirelessly, which send data, share information and/or remotely control and manage a device or process in order to provide a more beneficial outcome for a specific user base or the population as a whole.