The document discusses the role of Internet-of-Things (IoT) technologies in healthcare. It describes a multi-tier IoT system architecture consisting of biosensors, personal devices, and servers. Wireless communication standards are used to transmit health data from wearable devices to medical centers. Case studies from TigerPlace and Washington State University demonstrate how IoT can be used to detect physical and mental impairments through sensors and analyze activities of daily living.
The Role of Internet-of-Things (IoT) in Healthcare
1. The Role of Internet-of-Things (IoT) in Healthcare
Gonçalo Frazão | 78136
Sebastião Barros | 78478
Luís Rita | 78680
António Calçada | 79630
IST [MEBiom] | 4th Year | 2nd Semester | Health Systems
The Internet of Things (IoT) has been called the next Industrial Revolution — it will
impact the way all businesses, governments, and consumers interact with the
physical world.
3. Wireless Communication Standards
for WHM
Steps of transmission of the collected data:
1. Communication between biosensors and the
central node (Tier 1 - Tier 2);
2. Sending the data from the wearable system to
a medical center (Tier 2 - Tier 3).
4. “Repository of electronically maintained information about an individual’s
lifetime health status and health care, stored such that it can serve the
multiple legitimate users of the record.”
ü Integrated access to patient data anywhere
ü Flexible and adaptable
ü Single copy in single format
ü Supports images, vídeos and graphs
ü Legible and coherent information
x Initial investment
x Time to learn how to deal with the system
x Security issues
x Contingency plans in case of failure
Electronic Health Record
8. Apps
→ Smartphone penetration in Portugal was 68.8 % in
September 2016;
→ Most wearable devices (Tier 1) can be connected to
similar apps that allow the user to store, treat,
transmit his data and update his HER;
→ To overcome the unfamiliarity of the elder with IT,
the patient component has a very simple user
interface;
Nursy app
Healthmate