Internet of Medical Things Applications for Healthcare Industry

Abstract

Health of the human beings is really need to be taken care at the most. At present, the medical field is progressing well and facilitating the people to consult doctor even online which we normally term as telemedicine. Such a system should be automated to make it even more effective. Healthcare automation ensures physical and moral support to the patient and reduces the need of a caretaker near the patient. In order to make automation possible in health care, Internet of Things (IoT) contributes a lot. The proposed work is based on Internet of Things being connected to electronic devices via a public or private cloud to catch or screen information and empowers them to naturally trigger certain occasions or events. It also includes various monitoring system in healthcare such as heart beat rate monitor, pill bottle and drips bottle remainder, electronic paralysis patient caretaker. These monitoring systems are used to monitor patient health remotely using sensors and mobile communication devices. The heart beat sensor is used which monitors the heart rate of a person and transmits the heart rate readings over Internet and during abnormality, an alert message will be sent to the doctor’s mobile. As it very evident that the paralyzed people will not be able to communicate properly to explain what they need, the proposed system helps the disabled person to show hand gestures which in turn will display the need of the patient on an LCD screen. It is very common that due to human nature, quite good number of people skips their medication. In order to ensure proper medication, the proposed system also involves a technique to remind the people to take pill on time. The collection of pills is made possible by using a mechanical set up which consists of motor and a wheel. One more issue has been addressed by proposed system to indicate the level of glucose in drips bottle and provides information to the care taker or medical assistant to replace the drips bottle before it is completed.