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of IoT. These IoT devices produce enormous amounts of data which become a challenge
for providers to deal with efficiently. To harness this huge data in a technological way and
make sense of it, IoTA is implemented. Data mining, data management, and data analytics techniques are used to make this deluge of data useful and also to extract medically
relevant information. In fact, it has been predicted that by 2017 more than 50% of analytics techniques will make a better use of this influx of data generated from instrumented
machines and applications.
In the United States, physicians and other providers are using new wireless technologies to monitor patients remotely for early detection of health problems and for timely
recovery. The influx of data from Internet-connected devices is a valuable source for health
systems. The analytics empowers caregivers to optimize it fully in order to provide better
care, cut down costs, and to reduce other inefficiencies in health care.
8.6.2 Transforming Health Care with the IoT
In the US health care industry, the small and big health care organizations are using the
IoT tools and devices that are revolutionizing medical care in unique ways. IoT devices
range from headsets that measure brainwaves to clothes that include sensing devices,
Google Glass, BP monitors, etc. All these have moved personal health monitoring system
to the next level.
According to ABI Research, in 2016 the sale of wireless wearable medical devices will
bloom and the sales will reach more than 100 million devices annually. Another report
by IMS Research—the research partner of wearable technologies—states that the devices
which are wearable works in close proximity with the human body and produces more
realistic results. There has been clinical evidence that the physiological data received from
wireless devices has been a valuable contributor for managing and preventing chronic
diseases and monitoring patients post hospitalization. As a result, a growing number of
medical devices are becoming wearable nowadays, including glucose monitors, ECG monitors, pulse oximeters, blood pressure monitors, and so on.
The market for wearable technologies in health care is expected to exceed $2.9 billion in
2016. The IoT enables health organizations to achieve superior technology interoperability, gather critical data from multiple sources in real time, and a better decision- making
capability. This trend transforms the health care sector by increasing its efficiency, lowering
costs, and providing better performance in patient care.
8.6.3 IoT—A Health-Care Game Changer
The IoT has already brought in significant changes in many areas of health care. It is
rapidly changing the health care scenario by focusing on the way people, devices, and
applications are connected and interact with each other. IoT is emerging as the most
promising information and communication technology (ICT) solution which enables
providers to improve health care outcomes and reduce health care costs by flawlessly
collecting, recording, analyzing, and sharing myriads of new data streams in real
time. Moreover, as the widespread adoption of IoT grows, many of the inefficiencies in
health care will be reduced. For example, sensors embedded in medical devices such as
diagnostic equipment, drug-dispensing systems, surgical robots, implantable devices,
and personal health and fitness sensors will perform data collection and measurements, and conduct tests digitally in no time which are currently administered and
recorded manually.
Aspects of Ambient Assisted Living and Its Applications
of IoT. These IoT devices produce enormous amounts of data which become a challenge
for providers to deal with efficiently. To harness this huge data in a technological way and
make sense of it, IoTA is implemented. Data mining, data management, and data analytics techniques are used to make this deluge of data useful and also to extract medically
relevant information. In fact, it has been predicted that by 2017 more than 50% of analytics techniques will make a better use of this influx of data generated from instrumented
machines and applications.
In the United States, physicians and other providers are using new wireless technologies to monitor patients remotely for early detection of health problems and for timely
recovery. The influx of data from Internet-connected devices is a valuable source for health
systems. The analytics empowers caregivers to optimize it fully in order to provide better
care, cut down costs, and to reduce other inefficiencies in health care.
8.6.2 Transforming Health Care with the IoT
In the US health care industry, the small and big health care organizations are using the
IoT tools and devices that are revolutionizing medical care in unique ways. IoT devices
range from headsets that measure brainwaves to clothes that include sensing devices,
Google Glass, BP monitors, etc. All these have moved personal health monitoring system
to the next level.
According to ABI Research, in 2016 the sale of wireless wearable medical devices will
bloom and the sales will reach more than 100 million devices annually. Another report
by IMS Research—the research partner of wearable technologies—states that the devices
which are wearable works in close proximity with the human body and produces more
realistic results. There has been clinical evidence that the physiological data received from
wireless devices has been a valuable contributor for managing and preventing chronic
diseases and monitoring patients post hospitalization. As a result, a growing number of
medical devices are becoming wearable nowadays, including glucose monitors, ECG monitors, pulse oximeters, blood pressure monitors, and so on.
The market for wearable technologies in health care is expected to exceed $2.9 billion in
2016. The IoT enables health organizations to achieve superior technology interoperability, gather critical data from multiple sources in real time, and a better decision- making
capability. This trend transforms the health care sector by increasing its efficiency, lowering
costs, and providing better performance in patient care.
8.6.3 IoT—A Health-Care Game Changer
The IoT has already brought in significant changes in many areas of health care. It is
rapidly changing the health care scenario by focusing on the way people, devices, and
applications are connected and interact with each other. IoT is emerging as the most
promising information and communication technology (ICT) solution which enables
providers to improve health care outcomes and reduce health care costs by flawlessly
collecting, recording, analyzing, and sharing myriads of new data streams in real
time. Moreover, as the widespread adoption of IoT grows, many of the inefficiencies in
health care will be reduced. For example, sensors embedded in medical devices such as
diagnostic equipment, drug-dispensing systems, surgical robots, implantable devices,
and personal health and fitness sensors will perform data collection and measurements, and conduct tests digitally in no time which are currently administered and
recorded manually.