How Bluetooth is creating a healthier world
Technology plays a vital role in improving health and well-being, enhancing medical care, promoting healthy lifestyles, and increasing access to essential services. Making healthcare more efficient, accessible, and data-driven empowers individuals and communities to lead healthier lives.
Bluetooth® connectivity supports the seamless communication between medical devices and healthcare providers, optimizing telehealth operations while improving patient outcomes and access to care. Bluetooth smartwatches and fitness trackers let you monitor vital signs such as heart rate, blood pressure, and sleep patterns. Bluetooth® personal healthcare devices, such as continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), help promote healthier lifestyles and address the needs of aging populations through reliable, real-time health insights.
Source: MarketsandMarkets, 2022
Source: World Health Organization, 2024
“Bluetooth® technology is at the core of personal healthcare, enabling real-time data sharing between patients and providers. With remote monitoring and telehealth on the rise, there is a significant need for highly secure, power-efficient connectivity to keep patient data accurate, accessible, and reliable.”
Jonathan Kaye, VP of product management and marketing, Ezurio
Fitness trackers
Bluetooth® smartwatches, bands, and rings provide continuous health insights, tracking heart rate, sleep patterns, activity levels, and more. These devices help users stay proactive about their fitness goals while enabling real-time syncing with smartphones and health apps for deeper insights.
Source: ABI Research, 2025
Source: ABI Research, 2025
Personal healthcare devices (PHDs)
From blood-pressure monitors and glucose meters to pulse oximeters and smart thermometers, Bluetooth® PHDs support instant data transmission, empowering users to manage chronic conditions and share real-time health data with doctors for improved telehealth and remote care.
Source: ABI Research, 2025
Source: CDC, 2024
Taking advantage of Bluetooth® LE’s low-power consumption and streamlined connectivity to smartphones and other devices, a combination of reusable and disposable devices — such as continuous glucose monitors, blood pressure monitors, wearable ECGs, medical patches, insulin pens, inhalers, among many other emerging device types — are poised to grow rapidly over the next few years.
Andrew Zignani, ABI Research
Patient and equipment tracking
Bluetooth® patient trackers enhance safety in hospitals and eldercare facilities, reducing the risk of patient wandering and improving emergency response times. In addition, Bluetooth equipment tracking helps healthcare providers locate critical medical devices, reducing search times and ensuring life-saving tools are available when needed.
Tracking patient movement and medical equipment in real time is critical for today’s healthcare facilities. Bluetooth has become the go-to technology for asset tracking, helping reduce search times and ensuring life-saving devices are always where they are needed. As healthcare systems expand their digital capabilities, Bluetooth® technology provides the secure, reliable low-power connectivity needed to keep operations running and patient care on track.
Jonathan Kaye, VP of product management and marketing, Ezurio
Source: Navigant Consulting, 2019
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