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© 2017 TE Connectivity Corporation. TE Connectivity, TE, TE connectivity (logo) and EVERY CONNECTION COUNTS are trademarks. Trend #3 Healthcare Big Data is having a huge impact on the medical field in all ways. Some industry analysts believe that 'big data' is fueling the healthcare industry's biggest trends — such as precision medicine, predictive analytics, and machine learning, according to an article in HealthIT Analytics. Big data is already having a profound impact on the healthcare field in areas from oncology to neurology, cardiology, genomics, and other specialties with more personalized therapies and diagnostic tools. And patient-specific data is increasingly available through a new generation of devices and applications that collect information through wearables, home monitors, and smartphones. According to a paper by Stanford Medicine on "Harnessing the power of data in healthcare," data is permeating every component of the healthcare ecosystem — medical research, daily life, the patient experience, ongoing care, prediction and prevention. Says the report: "A focus on data in the coming years has the potential to make healthcare more preventive, predictive and personalized, and meaningfully reduce health care costs and lead to better patient care." Big data allows medical providers and healthcare professionals to accumulate and analyze a much larger population base and assess huge volumes of new data — opening up new areas for research and treatment opportunities. Again, remote monitoring systems can help collect this information and play a role in boosting analysis of this healthcare-related Big Data. Trend #4 The increasing role of Internet of Things (IoT) for remote monitoring and healthcare applications in general. Most would agree, the Internet has changed everything. Now many believe that the Internet of Things (IoT) will change everything yet again. IoT will eventually allow patients and providers to work together for more effective chronic disease management, deeper engagement, and more open communication.