The medical market offers three main application areas: personal monitoring, fitness, and institutional monitoring. Personal monitoring applications include: child, senior, heart rate, blood pressure, and blood sugar/insulin monitoring; home care telemetry; and medication reminders. In addition to the applications mentioned, hospital long-term care or institutional environment applications include: EKG, pulse rate and infusion pump monitoring; facility access control; in-service and surgical equipment and supplies tracking; drug access control; and asset management.