Chapter 11
Healthcare IoT
Bahar Farahani, Farshad Firouzi, and Krishnendu Chakrabarty
We have a moral obligation to get healthcare to people who
need it.
Ron Williams
Contents
11.1 Modern Healthcare Challenges ......................................................... 516
11.2 What Is IoT-Driven Healthcare: Transitioning
from Hospital-Centric to Patient-Centric ............................................... 517
11.3 Benefits of Adopting IoT Healthcare ................................................... 519
11.4 Fog-Driven IoT Healthcare Architecture: A Layered View ........................... 522
11.4.1 Things Layer .................................................................. 522
11.4.2 Network Layer ................................................................ 525
11.4.3 Cloud Layer ................................................................... 528
11.5 Key Services and Applications of IoT Healthcare ..................................... 531
11.5.1 Mobile Health (m-Health).................................................... 531
11.5.2 IoT in Ambient Assisted Living ............................................. 531
11.5.3 IoT Medication ............................................................... 531
11.5.4 IoT to Assist Individuals with Disabilities or Special Needs ............... 532
11.5.5 Smart Medical Implants ...................................................... 532
11.5.6 IoT for Early Warning Score (EWS) ........................................ 533
11.5.7 IoT-Based Anomaly Detection ............................................... 533
11.5.8 Population Health Management ............................................. 534
11.6 Major Challenges of IoT Healthcare ................................................... 535
11.6.1 Interoperability, Standardization, and Regulation ........................... 535
11.6.2 Heterogeneity ................................................................. 535
11.6.3 Interfaces and Human Factor Engineering .................................. 536
11.6.4 Scalability ..................................................................... 536
11.6.5 Power Consumption .......................................................... 537
11.6.6 Intrusiveness .................................................................. 537
B. Farahani ()
Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran
F. Firouzi · K. Chakrabarty
Department of ECE, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
F. Firouzi et al. (eds.), Intelligent Internet of Things,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-30367-9_11
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Healthcare IoT
Bahar Farahani, Farshad Firouzi, and Krishnendu Chakrabarty
We have a moral obligation to get healthcare to people who
need it.
Ron Williams
Contents
11.1 Modern Healthcare Challenges ......................................................... 516
11.2 What Is IoT-Driven Healthcare: Transitioning
from Hospital-Centric to Patient-Centric ............................................... 517
11.3 Benefits of Adopting IoT Healthcare ................................................... 519
11.4 Fog-Driven IoT Healthcare Architecture: A Layered View ........................... 522
11.4.1 Things Layer .................................................................. 522
11.4.2 Network Layer ................................................................ 525
11.4.3 Cloud Layer ................................................................... 528
11.5 Key Services and Applications of IoT Healthcare ..................................... 531
11.5.1 Mobile Health (m-Health).................................................... 531
11.5.2 IoT in Ambient Assisted Living ............................................. 531
11.5.3 IoT Medication ............................................................... 531
11.5.4 IoT to Assist Individuals with Disabilities or Special Needs ............... 532
11.5.5 Smart Medical Implants ...................................................... 532
11.5.6 IoT for Early Warning Score (EWS) ........................................ 533
11.5.7 IoT-Based Anomaly Detection ............................................... 533
11.5.8 Population Health Management ............................................. 534
11.6 Major Challenges of IoT Healthcare ................................................... 535
11.6.1 Interoperability, Standardization, and Regulation ........................... 535
11.6.2 Heterogeneity ................................................................. 535
11.6.3 Interfaces and Human Factor Engineering .................................. 536
11.6.4 Scalability ..................................................................... 536
11.6.5 Power Consumption .......................................................... 537
11.6.6 Intrusiveness .................................................................. 537
B. Farahani ()
Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran
F. Firouzi · K. Chakrabarty
Department of ECE, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
F. Firouzi et al. (eds.), Intelligent Internet of Things,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-30367-9_11
515