Internet of Things Applications for Healthcare

2018 ◽  
pp. 3689-3697
Author(s):  
Ljubica Diković
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Internet Of Things ◽  
Care Delivery ◽  
Future Health ◽  
Communications Technologies ◽  
Future Health Care ◽  
Huge Impact ◽  
Health Care Delivery Systems ◽  
Remote Patient ◽  
The Internet Of Things

This paper refers to the paradigm of the “Internet of Things” (IoT) applied for various purposes in the healthcare domain. The functioning of this concept has enabled the collection of a number of technologies in the field of telecommunications, information technology, electronics and social sciences. MHealth as a part of eHealth could be defined as synergistic solution of mobile computing, medical sensor, and communications technologies for health-care, whose common goal is wirelessly monitoring the psycho-physical state of health or remote patient monitoring. This concept represents the evolution of e-health systems to wireless and mobile configurations. This paper aims to provide comprehensive review of recent solutions as well as possible future implementations from the m-Health perspective. Further developments in wireless communications and configurations will have a huge impact on future health-care delivery systems.

Internet of Things Applications for Healthcare

2019 ◽  
pp. 132-142
Author(s):  
Ljubica Diković
Keyword(s):  
Internet Of Things ◽  
Physical State ◽  
Healthcare Delivery ◽  
The Internet ◽  
State Of Health ◽  
Remote Patient Monitoring ◽  
Communications Technologies ◽  
Huge Impact ◽  
Remote Patient ◽  
The Internet Of Things

This chapter shows how the internet of things (IoT) can be applied for various purposes in the healthcare domain. The functioning of this concept has enabled the collection of a number of technologies in the field of telecommunications, information technology, electronics, and social sciences. M-health as a part of e-health could be defined as synergistic solution of mobile computing, medical sensor, and communications technologies for healthcare, whose common goal is wirelessly monitoring the psycho-physical state of health or remote patient monitoring. This concept represents the evolution of e-health systems to wireless and mobile configurations. This chapter aims to provide a comprehensive review of recent solutions as well as possible future implementations from the m-health perspective. Further developments in wireless communications and configurations will have a huge impact on future healthcare delivery systems.

The perceptions on the recent COVID-19 pandemic: a study on health-care students in Malaysia

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Norhayati Mohd Zain ◽  
Nur Anis Izzati Che Mut
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Demographic Data ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Future Health ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Health Care Students ◽  
Future Challenges ◽  
Future Health Care ◽  
Huge Impact

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to study the perception of health-care students on the recent COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia. There was one study by Caliskhan et al. (2020) conducted among Turkish final-year medical students showed that the students were knowledgeable about and aware of the COVID-19 pandemic. To the authors’ knowledge, there are limited number of studies conducted among health-care students in Malaysia.Design/methodology/approachThe online questionnaire was randomly distributed to the health-care students in Malaysia. The questionnaire consists of socio-demographic data and perceptions on COVID-19. Descriptive analysis was used to analyse the perceptions of the health-care students on COVID-19.FindingsHealth-care students in Malaysia have positive perceptions on COVID-19, and it did not give huge impact of their interest in this health-care field. Thus, it is important that this issue is investigated, and the perceptions of health-care students on COVID-19 can be highlighted.Research limitations/implicationsThe strength of this study was the participation from the health-care students from various institutions, which have different experience and backgrounds. The study was limited on the items of question utilised. Due to the limited time and urgency of the survey, the authors were unable to study their knowledge, attitudes and way they are going to cope with this kind of pandemic as the students and as future health-care workers.Originality/valueThe paper points out the effect on the recent COVID-19 pandemic on health-care students in Malaysia. It also points out the perceptions of health-care students in Malaysia on the current pandemic. It is expected that the results of this research would serve as baseline data for health-care institutions in Malaysia to continue equip the future front liners that can adapt future challenges.

scholarly journals The Internet of Things: Impact and Implications for Health Care Delivery (Preprint)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jaimon T Kelly ◽  
Katrina L Campbell ◽  
Enying Gong ◽  
Paul Scuffham
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Internet Of Things ◽  
Data Storage ◽  
Health Care Delivery ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Care Delivery ◽  
Policy Support ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Public Health Services ◽  
The Internet Of Things

UNSTRUCTURED The Internet of Things (IoT) is a system of wireless, interrelated, and connected digital devices that can collect, send, and store data over a network without requiring human-to-human or human-to-computer interaction. The IoT promises many benefits to streamlining and enhancing health care delivery to proactively predict health issues and diagnose, treat, and monitor patients both in and out of the hospital. Worldwide, government leaders and decision makers are implementing policies to deliver health care services using technology and more so in response to the novel COVID-19 pandemic. It is now becoming increasingly important to understand how established and emerging IoT technologies can support health systems to deliver safe and effective care. The aim of this viewpoint paper is to provide an overview of the current IoT technology in health care, outline how IoT devices are improving health service delivery, and outline how IoT technology can affect and disrupt global health care in the next decade. The potential of IoT-based health care is expanded upon to theorize how IoT can improve the accessibility of preventative public health services and transition our current secondary and tertiary health care to be a more proactive, continuous, and coordinated system. Finally, this paper will deal with the potential issues that IoT-based health care generates, barriers to market adoption from health care professionals and patients alike, confidence and acceptability, privacy and security, interoperability, standardization and remuneration, data storage, and control and ownership. Corresponding enablers of IoT in current health care will rely on policy support, cybersecurity-focused guidelines, careful strategic planning, and transparent policies within health care organizations. IoT-based health care has great potential to improve the efficiency of the health system and improve population health.

scholarly journals The Internet of Things: Impact and Implications for Health Care Delivery

10.2196/20135 ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (11) ◽  
pp. e20135
Author(s):  
Jaimon T Kelly ◽  
Katrina L Campbell ◽  
Enying Gong ◽  
Paul Scuffham
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Internet Of Things ◽  
Data Storage ◽  
Health Care Delivery ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Care Delivery ◽  
Policy Support ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Public Health Services ◽  
The Internet Of Things

The Internet of Things (IoT) is a system of wireless, interrelated, and connected digital devices that can collect, send, and store data over a network without requiring human-to-human or human-to-computer interaction. The IoT promises many benefits to streamlining and enhancing health care delivery to proactively predict health issues and diagnose, treat, and monitor patients both in and out of the hospital. Worldwide, government leaders and decision makers are implementing policies to deliver health care services using technology and more so in response to the novel COVID-19 pandemic. It is now becoming increasingly important to understand how established and emerging IoT technologies can support health systems to deliver safe and effective care. The aim of this viewpoint paper is to provide an overview of the current IoT technology in health care, outline how IoT devices are improving health service delivery, and outline how IoT technology can affect and disrupt global health care in the next decade. The potential of IoT-based health care is expanded upon to theorize how IoT can improve the accessibility of preventative public health services and transition our current secondary and tertiary health care to be a more proactive, continuous, and coordinated system. Finally, this paper will deal with the potential issues that IoT-based health care generates, barriers to market adoption from health care professionals and patients alike, confidence and acceptability, privacy and security, interoperability, standardization and remuneration, data storage, and control and ownership. Corresponding enablers of IoT in current health care will rely on policy support, cybersecurity-focused guidelines, careful strategic planning, and transparent policies within health care organizations. IoT-based health care has great potential to improve the efficiency of the health system and improve population health.

scholarly journals IMPACT OF AI IN INTERNET OF MEDICAL THINGS FOR HEALTH CARE DELIVERY

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (8) ◽  
pp. 18-26
Author(s):  
NEETA NATHANI ◽  
Zohaib Hasan
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Internet Of Things ◽  
Health Care Delivery ◽  
Care Delivery ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Health Service Delivery ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Public Health Services ◽  
Internet Of Medical Things ◽  
The Internet Of Things

The Internet of Things (IoT) is a network of wireless, interconnected, and networked digital devices that can gather, send, and store data without the need for human or computer interaction. The Internet of Things has a lot of promise for expediting and improving health care delivery by proactively predicting health issues and diagnosing, treating, and monitoring patients both in and out of the hospital. Understanding how established and emerging IoT technologies may help health systems deliver safe and effective treatment is becoming increasingly critical. The purpose of this viewpoint paper is to present an overview of existing IoT technology in health care, as well as to describe how IoT devices are improving health service delivery and how IoT technology can alter and disrupt global healthcare in the next decade. The promise of IoT-based health care is explored further to theorize how IoT can increase access to preventative public health services and help us migrate from our existing secondary and tertiary health care systems to a more proactive, continuous, and integrated approach. The intersection of the Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) for patient monitoring and chronic care management and the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is becoming more promising than ever as the adoption of telemedicine continues to grow dramatically. Connected devices generate huge volumes of data based on real-time measurements of patient vitals, which is delivered to cloud-based applications that are monitored by medical specialists in virtual contact centres. The policy is applied per-patient, and healthcare providers receive warnings and messages when a patient's heart rate, oxygen level, glucose level, blood pressure, or other measurement reaches a set threshold. Depending on the sort of telemedicine and telehealth platforms in use, this data is tracked and acted upon by specialists who monitor many patients for many different practices, and in other circumstances, this data is sent directly to the provider. AI in healthcare, as well as other crucial technologies are essential for resolving the issue and producing future prosperity.

Mobile Solutions for Managing Health Care

2011 ◽  
pp. 150-171
Author(s):  
Esko Alasaarela ◽  
Ravi Nemana ◽  
Steven DeMello ◽  
Nick S. Oliver ◽  
Masako Miyazaki
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Delivery ◽  
Health Management ◽  
Care Delivery ◽  
Collaborative Study ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Personal Health ◽  
Future Health ◽  
Individual Interviews ◽  
Future Health Care

Wirhe project is an international collaborative study that focused on the future of healthcare needs, technology requirements and solutions for effective use of wireless platform for health care delivery. In this chapter, the authors present results of a Wirhe survey of 85 experts and individual interviews with 35 experts. The authors asked their opinions on the current status of adopting wireless equipment in health care, unmet needs in serving hospital in-patients and outpatients, and their views on the incorporation of wireless platform for future health care delivery and personal health management. Key findings are that 1) both remarkable quality improvements and process enhancements can be expected from thoroughly utilizing the wireless technologies and mobile solutions, 2) integration of personal health monitoring and professional health management is a key issue to be addressed and 3) health promotion and illness prevention will grow by utilizing mobile solutions. As a result of this study, they propose a framework that can be used in developing wireless health care solutions for managing diseases and related health problems. It can also be used to structure and stratify the needs by importance and utility, to anticipate which technologies and solutions are needed next, and to estimate how large the market size may be for industries.

scholarly journals Coming in from the interprofessional cold in Australia

2007 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 332 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nick Stone
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Strategic Planning ◽  
Health Care Delivery ◽  
Interprofessional Education ◽  
Care Delivery ◽  
Future Health ◽  
Core Business ◽  
Future Health Care

In Australia, implementation of interprofessional education (IPE) has been slow compared with peer countries. One cause is an apparent uncertainty about where and how to situate IPE at policy levels. Without a clear articulation of related needs, vision and purpose, IPE has largely remained isolated from the strategic planning and funding cycles necessary for implementation as ?core business? across various sectors, systems and levels. This paper draws on international developments and research to emphasise the need to complement innovative IPE practice with supporting policy, specifically to optimise the quality of future health care delivery. Major forces for change are identified, as well as some residual barriers and possible strategies to bring IPE ?in from the policy cold? in Australia.

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