Internet of Things in Healthcare Industry

The implementation of the internet of things in the healthcare industry is increasing regularly. The security issue is the main problem faced by the IoT implementation in the healthcare industry. The future research about the IoT in the healthcare section has been done.

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Internet of Things in Healthcare Industry
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Solution:
There are numerous problems related to the execution of the internet of things in the
healthcare industry. The main issue faced by the IoT implementation in the healthcare
industry is the security issue. This type of security issues is occurring due to the improper
maintenance of the system. Thus the data retrieved from the smart sensors are becoming
useless in this case. It is determined that several health organization does not have any type of
control and safety on the access points of the data which is used for transmitting the data and
this is the main reason behind this type of security issues (Tyagi, Agarwal & Maheshwari
2016). This type of security issues can be mitigated by the proper authentication, encryption
of the data and by creating the data dictionary. The authentication step can be used for
limiting the access to the devices and smart sensors. In this case of the security process, the
firmware of the device first verified then a device to device communication has been
established. This process mitigates the security-related risks of the IoT devices. In the case of
encryption, the manufacturers provide encryption technique to provide a secure boot to the
IoT devices (Bhatt, Dey & Ashour, 2017). The secure boot can ensure that none of the system
settings of the devices is altered. Thus in this ways, the security-related risks can be
mitigated.
Findings:
The above-discussed part of this document is indicating that the internet of things
implementation is increasing regularly in the sector of the healthcare. As the implementation
of the internet of things in the healthcare field is increasing, the total number of the smart
hospitals are increasing with the time. Also, this implementation is forming various types of
new disease detecting mechanism which is helping to detect the critical diseases (Holloway
& Galvin, 2016). The recent success of the internet of things in the healthcare area is

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attracting more peoples towards it and for that, the acceptance of the IoT in healthcare is
increased highly. The implementation of the internet of things in the healthcare field is not
only attracting peoples towards it but also, it is saving many human lives on the daily basis by
diagnosing critical diseases with great accuracy. To maintain this precise accuracy, the smart
sensors used in this mechanism must be maintained properly. Also from the research, it has
been found that this smart mechanism of diagnosing the disease can save the time of the
doctors which can greatly increase the productivity of the doctors. Summing up, from the
research findings it is determined that the IoT in the healthcare can give an alert about critical
conditions of the patients using the smart sensors which can help to save the life of a patient
and this system can accurately diagnose the disease for a precise treatment of the patient.
Recommendation:
The application of the internet of things in the healthcare trade is already featuring
great advantages to peoples but some recommendation is given in this case to make this
process more fluent and accurate. This recommendation is followed in the below section:
 There are many health-related smart sensors are available in the market which is
necessarily required for a particular type of disease. In many cases, the size of the
sensors is too big and the patients face problems to use the sensor (Lee & Lee, 2015).
Thus it is recommended to introduce compact sensors which are easy to use.
 In the case of pulse sensing of the humans, the PPG sensor is very much sensitive.
Thus it is recommended to use the PPG sensor for measuring the accurate pulse
senses of the human body (Xiong et al., 2016).
 In many cases, the digital temperature measuring sensor fails to give the accurate
results because of the right placement issue of the temperature sensor. Thus it is

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recommended to use appropriate textiles to hold the sensor in the correct place until it
gives correct results.
Future Research:
In the present time, the implementation of the internet of things in the area of
healthcare has gained a huge acceptance by the user community of it. The expectations of the
users of the IoT in healthcare is increasing with the success of this. The recent researches
about the internet of things in the healthcare industry has indicated that it has great potential
in the healthcare market in the coming future (Maksimović, Vujović & Periśić, 2015). It is
determined that this smart system will be able to diagnose the critical disease with great
accuracy and with the diagnosis of the diseases this system will be able to prescribe the
medicine for the diagnosed disease. Also, with the growing time, this system will be able to
gather the various type of disease data from the diagnosis process. This data will help the
systems to detect the disease faster and accurately (Ngu et al., 2017).
Advantages and Disadvantages:
The main advantages of the IoT in the healthcare industry are the:
 The internet of things in the healthcare industry can help to track the records of the
medicines and can accurately calculate the dosage of the medicine required by the
patients (Ukil et al., 2016). Hence, by this perfect calculation, the system can stop the
wastage of the medicines.
 Human errors in the diagnosis process can be greatly minimized by the use of the IoT
in the healthcare applications.
The disadvantages of the IoT in the healthcare industry are the:

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 Security breaches in the IoT devices is a huge concern. This is a commonly happened
issue which can take the life of the patient in the great danger.
 Another disadvantage is the privacy issue. The privacy-related information of the
patient is not secured in this type of system.
Conclusion:
From the above argument, it can be concluded that the execution of the IoT in the
healthcare system has a huge technical advancement to build a proper functioning healthcare
system. In this document, various reasons to consider the IoT in the healthcare system is
discussed. The future research about the IoT in the healthcare section has been done. The
researches have been determined that this system can relatively minimize the human errors
and for this reason, this system is recommended everywhere in the healthcare industry. Also,
it is determined that the data collected by this system can help to detect the diseases faster
and accurate in the future generations.

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