Comprehensive Report on IoT in Healthcare: Applications and Challenges

This report examines the application of the Internet of Things (IoT) in the healthcare industry, highlighting its potential for improving services while also addressing the significant challenges it poses. The literature review covers various aspects of IoT, including its industrial applications, data management, security concerns, and integration with cloud computing. The report identifies key requirements for IoT implementation in healthcare, such as improved services, data management, and addressing privacy and security issues. It also discusses the problem statement, focusing on the high installation and management costs, as well as privacy and security concerns associated with IoT devices. Techniques to solve these issues, such as IT governance plans and financial management, are proposed. Furthermore, the report introduces challenges related to data encryption, authentication, hardware issues, system updates, and regulatory compliance. The structure of the report includes an annotated bibliography, a literature review, a problem statement, techniques to solve the problem, and an introduction to the challenges associated with IoT in healthcare.

1Running head: IOT IN HEALTHCARE
IoT in healthcare
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Table of Contents
Task 2...............................................................................................................................................3
Literature Review........................................................................................................................3
Requirements of the project.........................................................................................................5
Problem Statement.......................................................................................................................6
Techniques to solve the problem.................................................................................................6
Task 3...............................................................................................................................................6
Introduction of challenges...........................................................................................................6
Introduction to the problem and domain.....................................................................................6
Reference.........................................................................................................................................8

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Task 2
Literature Review
As discussed by Alur et al (2016), IoT is an important character in the growth of the
healthcare industries all around the world. The researcher of the paper focussed on the different
advanced systems which have improved the quality of services provided by IoT. The main
advantage of the paper is that it specifies the computing challenges associated with IoT in
healthcare industry.
As stated by Chen (2017), internet of things is very much useful in different categories of
industries like healthcare industry. The study stated about the issues and challenges associated
with internet of things. The researcher of the paper focuses on the importance of the IoT in the
healthcare industry. The foremost advantage of the paper highlights the possible aspect of
internet of things in healthcare industry.
According to Da Xu, He and Li (2014), the industrial application of internet of things is
growing each day. The researcher of this resource focused on the difference between the use of
IoT in our daily life with the industrial use of the IoT. The foremost advantage of the paper is
that it highlights the all probable aspects of IoT which are needed to be considered before it is
incorporated into an environment.
As discussed by Hossain and Muhammad (2016), data consistency and data reliability is
one of the most important prospects of any types of business. The researcher focussed on the
protection of the structured and unstructured data in the healthcare industry with the help of the
IoT based systems. The prime advantage of the paper is that it states all the possible ways to
protect the confidential data of the healthcare industry.

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As stated by Islam et al. (2015), IoT is important for the growth of the hospitals all over
the glove. The extensive development in the field of IT has led to the growth of new technologies
and IoT is one of them, the researcher focussed on the integration of this technology in the
hospital. environment. The foremost advantage of this paper is that it discusses the details of the
technologies that were recently incorporated into the healthcare industries.
According to Lake et al. (2014), privacy and security is a very important issues in any
industry. The paper stated about the importance of the maintenance of security in the healthcare
industry. The most significant unit of the paper is that it has a special unit stating the different
security equipment’s and security systems used in the healthcare industry. Case studies are
provided in the paper which is very much useful to understand the importance of the security
measures in the healthcare industry.
As discussed by Lee and Lee (2015), internet of things can be used in the healthcare
industry for different types of purposes such as maintenance purpose, operation theatres,
customer service departments, financial department and other essential departments. The
researcher of the paper focussed on the importance of the future applications of this technology
in this industry. The foremost benefit of this paper is that it helps inn understanding the different
advantages associated with the use of IoT based systems in hospital environments.
As stated by Perera et al. (2015), internet of things is a global technology which is
increasingly being used in the healthcare industry. The researchers of the paper focussed on the
use of the different aspects of IoT in the healthcare industry such as the RFID, actuators and
sensors. The paper contains the insights of the IoT. The role of IoT in cloud computing is also
mentioned in the paper. The main advantage of the paper is that it states the details of the latest
IoT based systems used in the recent times.

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As stated by Riggins and Wamba (2015), there are different challenges with IoT in the
healthcare industry. The researcher focussed on the issues of internet of things such as it high
installation cost, compatibility issues with the other systems, privacy issue considering the
essential data which are transmitted from one unit of the business organization with the other
unit of the organization with the help of the IoT based communication devices. The main
advantage of the paper is that it states about the issues in a detailed way.
According to Vermesan and Friess (2014), internet of things can be successfully installed
in the healthcare industries as it will help them to grow their business. Effectiveness of the new
business models can be determined with the help of the information systems working on the IoT.
The researcher of this study paper focus on the application of the IoT in the business perspective
of a healthcare industry. The paper highlights the impact of those business models followed in
the healthcare industries.
Requirements of the project
There are different aspects of IoT used in the healthcare industry such as the followings:
o Improved services but have cloud computing limitations.
o There are challenges, opportunities and issues associated with IoT in healthcare industry.
o Industrial use of IoT is increasing every day.
o Management of structured and unstructured data.
o Privacy and security issues.
o Huge maintenance costs associated with IoT based systems.
o Management of the IoT devices such as sensors is an issue.
o IoT is well connected with cloud computing.

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o Compatibility issue exists between different IoT devices in healthcare industry.
The paper will be focussing on the costs associated with the IoT based devices and the
privacy issues associated with the advanced communication devices.
Problem Statement
Inspite of the enhanced customer services, IoT have issues such as the higher installation
and management costs and the privacy and security issues.
Techniques to solve the problem
The discussed issues associated with the use of IoT based devices in healthcare industry
can be solved purposefully with the help of IT governance plan. IT governance plan is required
to resolve the security issues associated with the communication devices. The maintenance and
the overhead costs associated with the IoT based systems in healthcare industry can be
minimized with the help of financial management of IT governance plan.
Task 3
Introduction of challenges
There are different types of challenges associated with the IoT based systems in the
healthcare industries such as the privacy and security issues which are needed to be solved to get
the desired results. Dedicated IT professionals are needed for the development and
implementation of the IT governance plan in the healthcare industries. The IT governance plan is
helpful for the healthcare industry as it has a direct impact on the growth and productivity.

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Introduction to the problem and domain
There are different categories of security concerns of the application of the IoT based
systems in healthcare industries such as the problem of data encryption, data authentication,
hardware issues, management of the updates of the systems, storage issues, management of the
customer expectations from the IoT based systems and the government regulations of the
advanced IoT based systems.
Structure of the report
The initial structure of the report which is the task 1 consists of 10 peer reviewed articles
presented as the annotated bibliography, the following unit task two have 10 journals presented
as the literature review followed by the problem statement and techniques to solve the problem.
The task 3 introduces the challenges associated with the IoT in healthcare industries such as the
problem of data encryption and data authentication

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Reference
Alur, R., Berger, E., Drobnis, A. W., Fix, L., Fu, K., Hager, G. D., ... & Rexford, J. (2016).
Systems computing challenges in the Internet of Things. arXiv preprint
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Chen, E. T. (2017). The Internet of Things: Opportunities, Issues, and Challenges. In The
Internet of Things in the Modern Business Environment (pp. 167-187). IGI Global.
Da Xu, L., He, W. and Li, S., 2014. Internet of things in industries: A survey. IEEE Transactions
on industrial informatics, 10(4), pp.2233-2243.
Hossain, M. S., & Muhammad, G. (2016). Cloud-assisted industrial internet of things (iiot)–
enabled framework for health monitoring. Computer Networks, 101, 192-202.
Islam, S. R., Kwak, D., Kabir, M. H., Hossain, M., & Kwak, K. S. (2015). The internet of things
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Lake, D., Milito, R., Morrow, M., & Vargheese, R. (2014). Internet of things: Architectural
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Lee, I., & Lee, K. (2015). The Internet of Things (IoT): Applications, investments, and
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Perera, C., Member, C. H. L., Jayawardena, S., & Chen, M. (2015). Context-aware computing in
the internet of things: a survey on internet of things from industrial market perspective.
arXiv preprint arXiv:1502.00164.

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Riggins, F. J., & Wamba, S. F. (2015, January). Research directions on the adoption, usage, and
impact of the internet of things through the use of big data analytics. In System Sciences
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