Internet of Things Applications in Healthcare

Jamal Ali Hammad

MSc In Computer Sciences

College of Pharmacy, University Of Anbar, Ramadi, Iraq

Email: jamal.ali@uoanbar.edu.iq

The Internet of things is defined as a technical concept that expresses the idea of ??connecting various electronic devices to the Internet and thus each device can identify itself and interconnect with the rest of the other devices with each other, referred to as IoT, a virtual network that combines various things that divide Within the electronics, hardware, software, sensors, various artificial intelligence tools and others so that the communication between them is via the Internet, which makes these things the possibility of linking between them to exchange data.

Keywords: Internet of Thing, Healthcare, Wi-Fi

So how can you use the Internet of Things to improve healthcare?.

 In fact, the potential use of network technology in the healthcare sector is enormous. The medical sector has benefited from digital transformation and modern technologies and is expected to rely more and more on “Internet of Things” technologies in the coming years thanks to the presence of portable medical devices, applications and mobile health services that have contributed to drawing innovative features for the way health care services are provided. In addition, the spread of emerging technologies such as robotics and artificial intelligence is accompanied by the ease of exchange and spread of medical information thanks to the Internet, as well as the discovery of advanced methods of treatment.

This fundamental shift reflected positively on patient care, as it enabled the doctor to give a more accurate diagnosis and thus obtain better treatment results. This combination of Internet of Things (IoT) features in medical devices has greatly contributed to improving the quality and effectiveness of the medical service. Mobile devices, wireless networks, and other smart services have penetrated the majority of healthcare institutions in the world. Today, “Internet of things” technologies and digital devices connected to the World Wide Web are prevalent in hospitals, and it has come to the point that it can be said that many doctors, nurses and other health care providers have dispensed with paper and become either completely or largely dependent on Wi-Fi-connected devices and tablets "Tablet".

Where this technology can be used to identify health problems and monitor patterns of heart rate, pulse, temperature, blood pressure, sugar level in the body and the digestive system, and contribute to the diagnosis of health conditions and the ability to send information to the doctor for analysis and appropriate medical action. These connected devices take vital body data throughout the day to be transmitted wirelessly to the doctor's devices such as a computer and smartphone.

There are many applications of the Internet of Things in the medical field, and we mention the most important ones, for example:

1.     Smart sensor control.

2.     Transferring patient data from home to the clinic or hospital.

3.     The integration of medical devices and the possibilities of exchanging data between them.

4.     Improving the ways doctors provide care.

5.     Enhancing patient participation and interaction with physicians.

6.     Manage multiple connected devices.

7.     The possibility of converting IoT data into procedures by doctors.

8.  More accurate diagnosis of health problems and monitoring of patterns of heart rate, pulse, temperature, blood pressure, glucose level in the body and the digestive system.

9.  The possibility of sending the information to the doctor for analysis and for taking the appropriate medical action.

10.  Connected devices take vital data in the body throughout the day and transmit it wirelessly to the doctor's devices such as the computer and smartphone.

11.  Reduce medical expenses.

There is a huge potential that the connected healthcare system and smart medical devices hold for the well-being of people in general as well, and research in this field indicates that the Internet of Things in healthcare will be greatly enlarged in the coming years in the coming years.

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