Internet Of Things In Healthcare: Benefits And Future Outlook

Background/Literature Review

Discuss about the different aspects, which are related to the internet of things in the sector of the heath care. 

The internet and the web service, which is related to the concept, has evolved in recent times, which directly enhance the sector of the working which is involved into the normal life of the people. It can be stated here that the technology is playing very vital role in different sector of the life, which can be divided into different working groups. The concept of the internet of things are directly based on the aspect of the essential solutions which are related to the IoT definition as a device which is network that directly connects each of the other devices and share the data which are very much vital though the concept of secure service level (SSL) Perera, Liu and Jayawardena (2015). The concept, which is applicable to the aspect of the SSL, connects the central command and the control server in the concept of the cloud. The main sector which is evolved due to the concept of the internet of things in the sector of the health can be directly related to the aspect of the improving of the access to care, increase in the quality which is related to the health care. Most importantly the sector of the reduction of the cost, which is related to the care of the patient. As the technology which is related ot the analyzing, collecting and transmitting data in the concept of the IoT increase or mature as time goes, it can be expected that the sector can be seen to be more evolving in the near future. It can be stated here that there are no shortage of prediction, which is related to how the internet of things is going to be great reduction in the price, which is related to treatment, and it would be allowing increasing the quality of the service, which is being provided. Wireless sensor based machine are being placed in recent times which directly records the details of the patient which was not available before this technology invent and on the other hand delivering of the care to the patient for whom it would have not been possible before. In these ways it can be stated that the concept of the

Understanding Internet of things 

As the concept of the internet of things is directly connected to the aspect of the connecting of the devices it was stated by Perera, Liu and Jayawardena (2015) that “Today computers—and therefore, the 

Understanding Internet of things

Internet—are almost wholly dependent on human beings for information. The problem is, people have limited, time, attention and accuracy—all of which means they are not very good at capturing data about things in the real world”. The main solution in the aspect, which was always believed to be taken care of, is that the concept, which is applicable to the aspect of the empowering of the devices to directly, gather information without any human intervention. The concept, which is related to the aspect of the devices connecting with each other and exchanging of the data without any human intervention, is advantageous in the following ways:

• The advancement in the sector of the connectivity of the technology and sensor it can be stated that the different devices can directly analyse, collect and store data, which was not possible before. The main advantage which can be achieved from the concept is that is directly collects the data of the patient over time which would be very much beneficial in the aspect of the enabling the cure of the patient. The concept also allows prompt understanding and treatment of the patient and taking into consideration different aspects, which are related to the patient.
• The aspect, which is related to the gathering of the personal data of the patient, can directly remove the aspect, which is related to the human involvement in the process. The process can be very much beneficial in a way that directly reduces the error, which is related to the work in the process. On the other hand, since the data is stored in the concept of the machine it can be easily be accessed and retrieved when need Perera, Liu and Jayawardena (2015). 

IOT Action in Health Care

It can be stated here that the concept of the IoT is playing a very vital role in the sphere of the health care. The spectrum, which can be related to the concept, can be applied to managing of the chronic disease at one end and on the other end preventing disease. Some of the sectors in which the concept of IoT are being played out are stated below:

• Remote monitoring: they can be considered as people whose mental health different due to the lack of any efficient monitoring device related to the aspect. In the recent times it can be stated be stated as possible due to the implementation of a powerful wireless solution which is connected to the IoT. This concept is very much beneficial in a way, which directly implements a secure method, which can be used for the aspect of the monitoring of the health record of the patient. The concept can be used in a variety of scenario which collects data and applied complex algorithm to the concept as finally gives a result to the solution. The concept can be easily be used by different heath professional so that they can give appropriate recommendation to the patient.
• Clinical care: the patient which are hospitalized and whose health condition require constant monitoring can be done using the concept of the internet of things. These type of solution directly incorporate different types of strategy into the concept which makes the treatment of the patient more comprehensive. The main working of the concept can be directly be related to the aspect of the collecting useful physiological information and uses the different gateway and the cloud to directly analyse the concept and apply the treatment, which is best to the patient directly in a real time manner.
• Scalable monitoring: It can be stated here that on order to get the overall condition of the patient who is in hospital the need of the continually monitoring is very much needed. It can be stated that a patient condition can detoriate within a second. In this context it can be stated that the concept of the internet of things is playing very vital role in the sector of proving the details of the patient relating to the heart beat, blood pressure, position of the body and many other details which can be termed very much important for the patient as stated by Perera, Liu and Jayawardena (2015).

Future Overlook

It can be stated that the concept, which is applied to the concept of the internet of things, can be changing the society in the recent future. It directly gives the provision of the all the aspects, which are related to the health care and can directly take into consideration the overall data, which is related to the patient. The concept can be applicable at any instance of time when it is required and at any time related to the requirement. The result, which are obtained from the technology, can also be considered to be very much correct and it directly involves the security of the data as stated by  Wortmann & Flüchter (2015). This directly implies that the concept, which is applicable to the issue of the digital, physical and the virtual world, would be ending. The concept of wireless technology can be easily implemented within the concept of the internet of things and it can be stated here that the record of the patient are directly included into the aspect. Some of the people need a real time monitoring system, which would be helping them to keep fit, in this concept it can be stated that the internet of things is playing a very vital role, which gives the provision of the monitoring of the health of a patient in real time. These services directly provide embedded system of health care, which is related to the edge of the network concept which directly encapsulate the different functionality and provide a unified access which is related to the access of the functionality of the system. These components of technology directly consume and operate on the different data and analyse a result, which can be used by different doctors to prescribe an exact medicine or treatment for the patient. 

IOT Action in Health Care

Connectivity Standard

In the concept of any technology it can be stated that the concept of connectivity play a very vital role. It can be stated here that the concept of the communication is also complex due to the factor that different devices have to communicate with each other in order to produce an effective communication process. These aspect can be directly included into the concept of the internet of things as in the process of the internet of things it can be stated that different devices have to communicate with each other to directly fulfil the sector of the communication and the process which related to the working with the concept. In recent times it can be stated that research is being provided on the aspect of the creation of the different communication medium which is related to the working within the peripheral of the organisation which majorly focus on the collection of the data. The organisation, which is named as the Continua heath alliance, which is the interoperability personal heath solution. The organisation directly stated that the concept in the near future would be playing vital role of the data of the patient is kept secured and the connectivity of the different devices are very much appropriate which would be enforcing a means of secured standard as stated by Wortmann and Flüchter (2015). The organisation in recent times has directly fasciculate a range of specifications which I related to the concept of interoperability. In the future, the organisation who would be directly, involved into the aspect of the Continua certified devices could directly have the assurance, which is related to the connectivity aspect between different IoT driven applications. The continual standard of devices can be considered one of the largest standards, which are related to the environment, which connects information technology standard establishment, by the International organisation for Standardization (ISO) and engineering standard which is a set by the institute of electrical and electronics engineers (IEEE).

Advantages

Some of the advantage which is related to the concept of the internet of things in the sector of health care are stated below:

Data: The concept of automatic saving of the information, which is related to the health record, can be one of the biggest advantage, which is related to the concept. It can be stated here that different sensors directly work in coordination, which would be enabling the storage of the data in a proper manner, which would be helping in the process of the medical treatment. In most of the time, the data of the patient in real time can be used to monitor crucial patents activity in a real time, which would be directly helping to secure the patient and providing appropriate treatment to the patient. The doctor in these cases can also make use of the data in order to judge the condition of the patient and take necessary steps, which would be involving the different sectors of heath treatment.

Future Outlook

Time saving: the concept of the internet of things when related to the concept of the heath care can be very much time saving. It can be stated here that since the data of the patient is saved in real time it can be very much beneficial in a way, which directly resolves different issue, which may be applicable to the aspect of the time involved in getting the actual data of the patient. The real time data processing can be one of the most advantage sector due to the aspect the patient can get treatment in a quick time period which would be very much beneficial for them in the prospective of getting the treatment.

Money: It can be stated that relating to money that the concept of the internet of thing is very much cost effective. On the other hand it can be stated that the money is most invested in the sector of the initial set up of the process and after the installation there is no money involved apart from the aspect of the maintenance of the devices. 

Tracing: The tracing of the devices can be also be done every efficiently due to the factor that the devices are connected with each other in a means of creating a connectivity between them which is very much beneficial for the proper working with the devices as stated by Perera, Liu & Jayawardena (2015).

Disadvantages

Security: The security of the data can be considered one of the most disadvantage sector which is related to the concept of the internet of things. It can be stated here that since the data of the user or the patient is very much crucial the safety of the data should also be one of the priority which should be involved into the concept. All the data must be encrypted in form by which no third party or nay types of intruders can indulge into the different types of activity into the concept of the data.

Complexity: The complexity which is seen within the concept of the internet of things has made the researchers to think about the concept and whether to make the implementation or not. It can be stated here that the since the communication of the different sensors mainly establish a sector which if one of the devices in the sector gets damaged or malfunction it is very much difficult to identify the device and help to repair the overall system which is involved into the concept of the working.

Connectivity Standard

Safety: There are a big chance that other person or hackers are accessing the data of the patient. It can sometimes lead to a big problem due to the factor that the patient personal data would be at a risk and different hackers to indulge into different types of illegal activity can use the data.

Finding

The finding, which is related to the internet of things, can be considered to be one of the technology which is yet to be in the stage of total exploitation. The main function which is related to the concept of the internet of things in the field of the health care can be directly be related to the aspect of the things, semantic prospective and digital prospective.

• Things oriented vision: The main concept, which can be applied to the concept if the things oriented vision is that most of things, which we see in recent times, can have the IoT sensors, attached to them. This majorly help in the aspect of providing a means of communication between the devices and which would be helpful in the aspect of the storing of the data and sharing the same data between the devices in a real time manner stated by Wortmann & Flüchter (2015). The aspect of the embedded devices for example RFID, NFC and other technology, which are wireless technology, can directly accomplish the concept. The vision directly provides a mean of integration, which is applied to the different technology and the devices, which are attached to the concept, which can directly communicate with each other to form a basis of communication between the devices.
• Internet oriented vision: The prospective, which is applied to the concept, is that all the devices, which have internet of things sensor attached to it, can directly be connected to the concept of the internet. The objects, which are connected by this mean, can be considered to be smart objectives which are cable to communicate with each other in a free manner. The concept can be directly be achieved by means of providing a unique IP address to each of the devices so that the device which si communicating can be very easily be detected. The devices in this aspect can directly be monitored for their proper working so that if any of the device are seen to be faulty can easily be identified and the devices can be removed or make it proper functional.
• Semantic oriented vision: it can be stated here that all the devices, which are connected in this manner, need to communicate data. The interpretation of the data should be in a form which directly making the meaning of the concept understandable. It can be stated here that of the data which is communicate in not meaningful it can be very much a problem, which directly lead to communication issue. These concept can be achieved by the means of semantic analysis. The technique directly interprets the raw data from the meaningful data and directly provides interpretation of the data. The vision directly provides the aspect of the semantic integration through the basic use of the middleware of the semantic.

The sensors in the concept of the internet of things can be very much beneficial in a way, which directly provides a transformation to the world of data as stated by Wortmann and Flüchter (2015). The sectors which can be taken into consideration in the aspect is the oxygen saturation, heart rate, blood glucose and blood pressure to the digital world and the actuator transforms the digital data into the concept of the physical action. The internet of things devices have sensors, which are useful in the aspect of the receding of the signal, which is related to the aspect of the analysis of the data. On the other hand, it can be considered actuators, which directly help in the aspect of the controlling of the environment based upon the concept of the internet and the cloud storage option, which can be used for the aspect of the storing of the data. The data which is stored in the concept of the cloud computing can be very much secured to the implementation of the different security features which directly exist in the concept of the cloud computing. 

Personalized Medicine

It can be stated here that the aspect which is related to the health care delivery can be considered to be very much population based. Patient in recent times can be directly be separated into groups which would be directly beneficial in the aspect of the similar symptoms which are seen the different diseases. This group are then treated with appropriate drugs and medicine so that they receive the best treatment. Coordinators who are relating to the sector of the health care and the electronic medical record can be estimated to the be driving the aspect of the personalized approach to the medicine which is based on the aspect of the DNA analysis of the patient. It would be also enabling the aspect, which is related to the customization of the drugs, and the effective drug combination, which is based on the aspect of the makeup of the data of the patient. It can be stated here that in the near future the standard of the health care would be reaching a much higher level which would be directly accompanying different standard were the patient would be receding treatment in a much greater standard.

Advantages

Conclusion

The report can be concluded on a note that the process of the technology, which is related to the aspect of the internet of things, is playing a very vital role in the sphere of technology. In the recent times, it can be stated that the concept would be playing a more vital role when the different issue, which are related to the aspect of the communication, are resolved. In most of the times, it is seen majorly that since the aspect of the internet of things can be applicable to different form of objects by means of linking of sensors to the devices it has majorly help in the concept of providing many opportunity to the user. All the objects in the concept would be directly working seamlessly in the concept if the machine to machine interfaces. This level of interconnection can be considered very much vital in the sphere of the technology, which is related to the health care sector. These all factors with the help if the genomic input would be making the input of the aspect very much friendly, makes the appraised decision of the standard, and directly give high quality data into the process. The process of internet of things health care can be considered to be very much economical due to the fact of the different sectors which are related to the aspect of the technology. Some of the proposal devices, which can be related to the aspect of the healthcare devices for the developing world, can be the remote consulting, hand held diagnostic. Other devices, which would be very much beneficial in the aspect of the detection of epidemic diseases such as the cholera and the malaria and other vital disease, which can hamper the life of the common people. 

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