Technavio's market research analyst expects the global RTLS market in the healthcare industry to witness a tremendous growth during the forecast period, posting a CAGR of more than 56%. RTLS or real-time location system solutions provide a high degree of intelligence in locating assets as people that brings real-time data to the decision-makers, which leads to process improvement and faster decision making. As a result, the demand for RTLS solutions is expected to increase significantly.
A large number of hospitals are deploying RTLS tags to enhance its operations and increase profitability, which is one major driver contributing to the growth of the market. RFID tags provide a wide variety of applications such as asset management, for quickly locating equipment such as hospital beds, wheelchairs, ventilators, oxygen cylinders, and infusion pumps. Also, they make use of RTLS tags for monitoring of sensitive equipment's, violent patients, and hospital staffs, including doctors and nurses. Therefore, there is an enormous growth opportunity for the global RTLS market in the healthcare industry.
Application segmentation and analysis of the global RTLS market in the healthcare industry • Asset monitoring
• Patient safety
• Employee management
• Clinical monitoring
As of 2015, the asset monitoring segment dominated the global RTLS market in the healthcare industry, and this segment will continue to lead the market till 2020. The growth of the asset monitoring segment is largely attributed to the increasing deployment of RTLS solutions and increasing penetration of Wi-Fi and WLAN's in hospitals.
