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Internet of Things (IoT)
12.2.10 Bringing Delight to All
Healthcare is a service industry. Any good-quality service is defined by delivery in time,
any time and consistency at all times. For a patient, a physician available over a call from
his/her cell phone anytime is Comfort.
FIGURE 12.5
Use of FEVERWATCH ® connected to an iPad in a postnatal ward.
Patient with
sensor
Smart phone
with Internet
Cloud with
decision-making
tools
Doctor through
his cell phone
3I decisionmaking tool
helps
intervention
FIGURE 12.4
Wearable computational devise for 3I—informed, intelligent, and instant decisions.