Hospital Beds Market, By Type (Electric Beds, Semi-electric Beds, and Manual Beds), By Application (Acute Care, Psychiatric Care, Long-term Care, and Others), By End User (Hospitals, Home Care Settings, Elderly Care Facilities, Ambulatory Surgical Centers, and Others), By Geography (North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, Latin America, Middle East and Africa)
In August, 2023, the Government of England, announced the funding of US$ 266.33 to provide an extra 5,000 NHS hospital beds in England. Funding will be focused on developing or expanding urgent treatment centres and same-day emergency care services, where patients can be seen quickly without the necessity of being admitted to hospital.
In March 2023, Stryker, a medical device company, announced the launch of SmartMedic platform at the 29th Annual Conference of the Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine in Indore, India. SmartMedic is a patient care platform which enhances existing ICU bed capabilities at hospitals. This solution is intended to manage changes in patient weight, monitor patient turns from nurse stations and help medical staff to perform X-rays on patients within the ICU, without having to move them.
In June, 2023, Oneview Healthcare, a software company, announced that they had signed an agreement with Baxter, a medical device company, for the supply of hospital beds, in addition to the vast array of other medical devices baxter produces for hospitals and hospital rooms.
In August 2022, Midmark Corporation, the manufacturer of hospital beds, announced that they had launched India’s first intelligent connected bed with embedded contactless Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) and Early Warning System (EWS)