The global Remote Patient Monitoring devices market is witnessing significant growth due to the technological advancements in monitoring devices and increasing demand for reducing hospital readmission rates. The heart monitors segment leads the global remote patient monitoring devices market, due to high incidences of cardiovascular diseases and advancements for the development of ECG devices. In addition, the cardiovascular diseases segment is the largest application segment in the global remote patient monitoring devices market. 

The increasing government involvement for reducing healthcare costs and massive unexplored remote patient monitoring devices market in the emerging economies, are creating ample opportunities for the growth of the global remote patient monitoring devices market. The healthcare reforms across the globe, adoption of remote patient monitoring devices by healthcare providers, and advanced research and development activities and new product developments by the major players are supporting the demand of better and cost effective remote patient monitoring systems.

Some of the factors driving the growth of the global remote patient monitoring devices market are increasing healthcare expenditures, advancement in the patient monitoring techniques and healthcare IT technology, increasing geriatric population, and growing prevalence of chronic diseases. In addition, the increasing healthcare costs and hospital readmission rates, and growing adoption of remote patient monitoring devices in home care settings are fueling the growth of the global remote patient monitoring devices market. However, the complexities within government regulations in different countries, and data security and privacy concerns are restraining the growth of the global remote patient monitoring devices market.

Asia-Pacific is the fastest growing region in the global ECG devices market. The fastest growth in in the region is attributed to the improving healthcare infrastructure, usage of EHR systems, growing healthcare expenditure, and high prevalence of chronic diseases. Moreover, the ECG devices market is growing rapidly, due to the increasing research and development activities, large geriatric population, and growing awareness about remote telemonitoring devices among patients and healthcare providers in the emerging economies of Asia-Pacific, such as India and China.

Some of the major players operating in the global remote patient monitoring devices market are Abbott, F. Hoffman-La Roche Ltd., Medtronic PLC, Omron Healthcare Inc., LifeWatch AG, Honeywell Life Care Solutions, Koninklijke Philips N.V., and AMD Global Telemedicine Inc.