It is defined as a direct communication between devices. The communication channels can either be wired or wireless.
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Internet of Things-Based Healthcare Applications
Seema Ansari (University of Malaga, Spain & Institute of Business Management, Pakistan), Tahniyat Aslam (Institute of Business Management, Pakistan), Javier Poncela (University of Malaga, Spain), Pablo Otero (University of Malaga, Spain), and Adeel Ansari (Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology, Pakistan)
Copyright: © 2020
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DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-1253-1.ch001
Abstract
The demand for global healthcare systems for human health improvement is ever growing. Internet of things (IoT) has influenced every industry in the market. IoT-based healthcare monitoring systems have emerged using smart gateways between sensor networks and the internet. This chapter aims at focusing on the impact of IoT on healthcare and explores the difference that IoT has made in the recent years. IoT applications in healthcare have helped people keep track of their medical requirements such as reminding them of appointments, keeping a check on calorie count, variations in blood pressure, a check on exercises, and many more. In this chapter, studies of IoT-based healthcare applications are presented. The chapter begins with the introduction and history of IoT in healthcare, sharing state of the art, architecture, applications of IoT in healthcare, advantages, future concerns and challenges, and future of IoT in healthcare, followed by conclusion.