Capstone Project: IoT Healthcare Device Deployment & Innovation Plan

This project proposal outlines the deployment of a Body Sensor Network (BSN) for medical monitoring, aiming to enhance healthcare system flexibility, cost-effectiveness, and patient mobility. The proposal addresses key research questions regarding system outputs, benefits, and associated risks, supported by a conceptual framework based on the Internet of Things (IoT). The methodology employs a positivism research philosophy and a deductive approach, analyzing literary work on IoT in healthcare and gathering data through questionnaires and interviews with healthcare stakeholders. The project plan includes deliverables such as a tele-monitoring application, a work breakdown structure (WBS), risk analysis, and a Gantt chart for project scheduling. The system design connects sensors to an Arduino Fio transmitter board, transmitting data wirelessly to a receiver and computer, enabling remote monitoring of patient vital parameters via a webpage. The document highlights the transformative potential of IoT in healthcare delivery and remote consulting, while also acknowledging challenges compared to traditional healthcare models. Desklib provides access to similar project proposals and solved assignments for students.

Running head: EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES AND INNOVATION
Deployment of IoT Healthcare device
[Name of the Student]
[Name of the University]
[Author note]

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Table of Contents
Introduction:..............................................................................................................................3
Research Questions....................................................................................................................3
Methodology..............................................................................................................................4
Research Philosophy:.............................................................................................................4
Research and Systems Development method...........................................................................4
Data collection or systems design methods..............................................................................5
Analysis of data..........................................................................................................................6
Project Plan................................................................................................................................6
Deliverables................................................................................................................................6
Work breakdown structure (WBS).............................................................................................7
Risk Analysis...............................................................................................................................7
Tools and Techniques for Risk Management.........................................................................8
Duration.....................................................................................................................................8
Gantt chart...............................................................................................................................11
References................................................................................................................................12

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Introduction:
The main aim of this project is to deploy a BSN or body sensor network which would
helping in the process of medical monitoring. This would be helping the entire healthcare
system to become more flexible along with being cost saving. This new deployed system
would also be associated with reducing the user discomfort and would be responsible for
increasing the mobility. This would be designed so as to work in an autonomous way along
with helping the staffs to become more flexible and accessible for everyone, would also be
helping the attendants to reach the patients more than once. This new system would also be
preventing any kind of delays in the arrival of patient’s medical information and would also
be helping in the reduction of manual data entry for patient’s data.
Research Questions
Q1. What are the outputs of the new system?
Q2. What are the benefits of using the new system?
Q3. What are the risks associated with the new system?
Conceptual or Theoretical Framework
Internet of things is considered to be a very popular topic which commonly viewed as
the kind of object that is associated with the usage of internet in order to communicate with
each other. Healthcare is considered to be one of eth essential part of life. Medical care and
healthcare is associated with representing one of the most attractive application areas for the
IoT. The IoT possess the potential of give rise to various kind of medical applications which
includes monitoring of health remotely, fitness program and many more. Various type of
medical devices sensors, diagnostic and imaging devices are the core part of the IoT. This
major objective of this research is to analysis the usage of IoT in the healthcare industry.

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Fig 1: Conceptual model
Source: (Gope & Hwang, 2016)
Methodology
Research Philosophy:
The two research philosophy which has been adopted all over the globe includes the
interpretivism research methodology and the positivism research methodology. The former
philosophy is associated with taking into account the scientific and the factual data without
considering the abstract or the social data. The philosophy discussed is not associated with
citing any kind of proper attention to the human factors which acts as an important section of
the proposed research as healthcare is derived by the humans and also for the humans.
Whereas the positivism is associated with considering the social and the abstract factors.
Followed by this the factors are analysed in different ways by depending upon the
requirements. The major advantage of the deemed philosophy includes the fact that the
logical data and the techniques are analysed by depending upon the various social factors
which helps a lot in the identification of the various real-world issues and the applications.
The main aim of this this project is deploy the BSN which helps the medical monitoring to
become more flexible along with being cost saving. This are also responsible for reduction in
user discomfort along with enhancing the mobility.
Research and Systems Development method
This paper is associated with discussing the healthcare trends which are associated
with providing the growth, benefits as well as functionality that the IoT devices are having.
The research work is pursued by depending upon the platform which is established by

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analysing the literary work that has been done upon the IoT and the healthcare. Adaptation of
positivism philosophy is to be done by depending upon the selected research study. The
philosophy has been selected depending upon the fact that the selected research would be
associated with taking into account the scientific as well as the relevant data regarding the
IoT and the healthcare. The approach that has been established in order to complete this paper
is the deductive approach associated with the adaptation of analytic design which is
considered to be the research design. Perusing of the research work is to be done by
depending upon the platform that is established by analysing the various literary work
conducted over the usage of IoT in healthcare sector. The positivism philosophy has been
adopted in order to conduct the research as this philosophy considers the scientific as well as
the social data relevant to the usage of IoT. The project would be associated with the
development of a BSN or body sensor network which is considered to be one of the network
used for special and this has been designed for the purpose of working autonomously so as to
connect the different kind of medical sensors and the implanted device in a human body.
The main reason for developing this system includes the making of the healthcare
system more flexible and accessible for everyone, providing the staffs associated with
providing healthcare with more time to attend the patients, prevention of delays of arrival of
patient’s medical information and lastly reduction of manual data entry for patient’s data
which eliminates the risk of making mistakes.
Data collection or systems design methods
The evaluation of the healthcare stakeholders (which includes the internal as well as
the external stakeholders) along with the perception that they having, is done in order to
conduct the research work. This is mainly done because of the fact that the accurate data can
be collected from the sources which are relevant to the topic. So a questionnaire sample is to
be prepared which would be distributed among the various healthcare units and the patients
who have been associated with the usage of the IoT technology. Besides this there is a need
of conducting individual interviews amongst selected ones so as to understand the perception
that they are having so as to collect data. Along with this before preparation of the
questionnaire and interviews for the survey there is a need of doing a literary review. All this
questionnaires and interviews would be based upon the findings from the literary study. After
completion of the literary work it would be possible to determine the crucial facts as well as
figure which would be of great significance for concluding to the proposed research work.
The proposed system design is provided below:

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Fig 2: Design of the Proposed system
Source: (Gope & Hwang, 2016)
In this system the various kind of sensors are connected to the Arduino Fio transmitter
board. The board is also connected with the xbee module. Transmission of the values that has
been sensed is done in an by wireless means to the Arduino receiver and this Arduino in turn
is connected to the computer present in the side of the patient and reading of this data is done
by making use of the labview which is connected to the internet. This generates a url which
can be accessed from any of the computer.
Analysis of data
The two most common approach which are to be adopted in order to analyse the result
is the deductive and the inductive approach. The research approach that has been adopted is
suitable for the research paper and this helps in having an closer view of the facts and the
subject which would be helping in the determination of the issues, benefits as well other
significant factors related to the usage of IoT in healthcare. The sampling of the data
collected is done which would be associated with taking into account the likelihood and the
non-likelihood inspection method. Analysis of the data collected is to be done from the
survey which would be followed by the sampling of the findings from the interview. The
findings from the primary data collection method by means of interviews and questionnaire
would be compared with the literary work that is to be done so as to conclude to the findings.
This analysis of the data that is collected would be done by taking help from the various
analytic tool which includes the MS-Excel and many more.
Project Plan
Deliverables
From the study it can be conclude that the usage of the IoT has brought a change in
the process of delivering healthcare. There exists various kind of IoT devices which are

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connected to the network in an easy way so as to communicate and provide remote assistance
as well. This implementation is very much useful and helpful for making revolutionary
changes in the IoT. Along with the usage of the IoT devices various kind of changes have
been brought in the factors related to remote consulting which is very much helpful for the
purpose of detecting various kind of diseases. The model responsible for delivering
healthcare along with the new business has been facilitated irrespective of the various kind of
challenges which are compared with the tradition form of healthcare delivery. The project
would be delivering a tele-monitoring application that would help the doctors to check the
vital parameters of a patient remotely and dynamically by making use of a webpage on a real
time basis which would not be requiring any type of special requirements on the PC.
Work breakdown structure (WBS)
Implementation Body
Sensor Network
Initialization
Analysis of
requirements
preparation of
documents
Project Initiation
Documentation
Documents are
submitted
Project Kick off
meeting is held
Project is initiated
Planning
Planning of the
Schedule
Planning related to
Resource
Management
Cost Budget
Planning
Risk Management
Planning
Communication
Planning
Scope Management
Planning
Planning Phase is
completed
Information System
Development
Design Phase
Selection of design
platform
Developing outline of
design
Deisgn Simulation
Complete Design is
made
Design Phase is
completed
System Development
Database is formed
Prototyping the
database for testing
Migration of the
existing data
Programming of the
functions is done
System in assorted
Complete System is
formed
Testing Phase
Black box testing
White box testing
Testing Results are
documented
Documents are
reviewed
Testing Phase is
completed
Project Documentation
and Closure
Final documents are
made
Submission of final
documents
Project is Closed
Fig 3: Work Breakdown Structure
(Source: Created by Author)
Risk Analysis
Sl. No. Risks Impact Probability Risk Owner Trigger Event
1 Budget related
escalation
V H H Manager Improper planning
2 Unable to complete
the project within
time
H H Manager Improper planning
3 Issues in the
network
H L IT team Slow network
connectivity
4 Faults in the reading H V L IT team No contingency plan
and improper

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programming
5 Improper
management
H M Manager and
management
team
Less experienced
manager
6 Lack in resources L V L Resource
Manager
Less experienced
manager (Hopkin,
2018)
Tools and Techniques for Risk Management
Risk prioritization by developing the risk matrix can be acting as an effective
approach for the purpose of delivering a quantitative approach in order to restrict and
minimize the risk impacts to the extent level. Following is the risk matrix based on the
analysis driven in the above section:
Probability
V H 1
H
3 5 2
M
4
L
6
V l
V L L M H V H
Impact
Duration
Task Mode WBS Task Name Duration Start Finish
Auto
Schedule
d
0 Implementation Body
Sensor Network 63 days Mon
8/6/18
Wed
10/31/18
Auto 1 Initialization 7 days Mon 8/6/18 Tue 8/14/18

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Scheduled
Auto
Scheduled 1.1 Analysis of requirements 3 days Mon 8/6/18 Wed 8/8/18
Auto
Scheduled 1.2 preparation of documents 2 days Thu 8/9/18 Fri 8/10/18
Auto
Scheduled 1.3 Project Initiation
Documentation 2 days Thu 8/9/18 Fri 8/10/18
Auto
Scheduled 1.4 Documents are submitted 1 day Mon
8/13/18
Mon
8/13/18
Auto
Scheduled 1.5 Project Kick off meeting is
held 1 day Tue 8/14/18 Tue 8/14/18
Auto
Scheduled 1.6 Project is initiated 0 days Tue 8/14/18 Tue 8/14/18
Auto
Scheduled 2 Planning 15 days Mon
8/13/18 Fri 8/31/18
Auto
Scheduled 2.1 Planning of the Schedule 3 days Mon
8/13/18
Wed
8/15/18
Auto
Scheduled 2.2 Planning related to
Resource Management 3 days Thu 8/16/18 Mon
8/20/18
Auto
Scheduled 2.3 Cost Budget Planning 3 days Tue 8/21/18 Thu 8/23/18
Auto
Scheduled 2.4 Risk Management Planning 3 days Wed
8/15/18 Fri 8/17/18
Auto
Scheduled 2.5 Communication Planning 3 days Fri 8/24/18 Tue 8/28/18
Auto
Scheduled 2.6 Scope Management
Planning 3 days Wed
8/29/18 Fri 8/31/18
Auto
Scheduled 2.7 Planning Phase is
completed 0 days Fri 8/17/18 Fri 8/17/18
Auto
Scheduled 3 Information System
Development 39 days Mon
8/20/18
Thu
10/11/18
Auto
Scheduled 3.1 Design Phase 11 days Mon
8/20/18 Mon 9/3/18
Auto
Scheduled 3.1.1 Selection of design
platform 1 day Mon
8/20/18
Mon
8/20/18
Auto
Scheduled 3.1.2 Developing outline of
design 2 days Tue 8/21/18 Wed
8/22/18
Auto
Scheduled 3.1.3 Deisgn Simulation 3 days Thu 8/23/18 Mon
8/27/18
Auto
Scheduled 3.1.4 Complete Design is made 5 days Tue 8/28/18 Mon 9/3/18
Auto
Scheduled 3.1.5 Design Phase is
completed 0 days Mon 9/3/18 Mon 9/3/18
Auto
Scheduled 3.2 System Development 28 days Tue 9/4/18 Thu
10/11/18
Auto
Scheduled 3.2.1 Database is formed 4 days Tue 9/4/18 Fri 9/7/18
Auto
Scheduled 3.2.2 Prototyping the database
for testing 3 days Mon
9/10/18
Wed
9/12/18
Auto
Scheduled 3.2.3 Migration of the existing
data 2 days Thu 9/13/18 Fri 9/14/18

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Auto
Scheduled 3.2.4 Programming of the
functions is done 7 days Mon
9/17/18 Tue 9/25/18
Auto
Scheduled 3.2.5 System in assorted 12 days Wed
9/26/18
Thu
10/11/18
Auto
Scheduled 3.2.6 Complete System is
formed 0 days Thu
10/11/18
Thu
10/11/18
Auto
Scheduled 4 Testing Phase 10 days Fri
10/12/18
Thu
10/25/18
Auto
Scheduled 4.1 Black box testing 3 days Fri 10/12/18 Tue
10/16/18
Auto
Scheduled 4.2 White box testing 3 days Wed
10/17/18 Fri 10/19/18
Auto
Scheduled 4.3 Testing Results are
documented 2 days Mon
10/22/18
Tue
10/23/18
Auto
Scheduled 4.4 Documents are reviewed 2 days Wed
10/24/18
Thu
10/25/18
Auto
Scheduled 4.5 Testing Phase is completed 0 days Thu
10/25/18
Thu
10/25/18
Auto
Scheduled 5 Project Documentation and
Closure 4 days Fri
10/26/18
Wed
10/31/18
Auto
Scheduled 5.1 Final documents are made 3 days Fri 10/26/18 Tue
10/30/18
Auto
Scheduled 5.2 Submission of final
documents 1 day Wed
10/31/18
Wed
10/31/18
Auto
Scheduled 5.3 Project is Closed 0 days Wed
10/31/18
Wed
10/31/18

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Gantt chart
Fig 4: Gantt chart
(Source: Created by Author)

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