Internet of Things-Empowered Next-Generation Healthcare Systems

Abstract

Internet of things is seen in many fields like civil engineering, consumer goods, oil and gas fields, smart cities, agriculture, etc. Apart from these, it is applicable to the medical field to detect and treat many kinds of diseases and can find the different health parameters quickly. It became important in the health sector to mitigate the challenges of health problems. Internet of things (IoT) is an amalgamation of pervasive computing, intelligent processing, and real-time response systems. Mechanics, devices, sensors make this machine-to-machine communication a feasible solution to dynamic requirements of tech-aspiring world. This chapter highlights the possibilities of further empowerment of healthcare systems using IoT or in other words IoMT (internet of medical things). Nanotechnology-driven IoT development or internet of nano things (IoNT) has become an added advantage in healthcare applications. So, IoNT with IoMT is another exciting research prospect of the near future. This chapter introduces a technique used in healthcare applications, PUF (physical unclonable function), and it is technique for solving many problems related to privacy and security. Security of data transmission, issues pertinent to reliability, and inter-operability are inherently affecting the progress of IoT-based healthcare systems. This chapter of focuses upon these issues and feasible solutions viewed from the dimension of technology-driven healthcare costs in the modern world and economic implications. The treatment used in this chapter will be more interesting for the casual readers. The analysis of IoMT implications in the near future will be helpful to the ardent learners. The research dimensions of IoT-empowered healthcare systems will add value to the thought process of young researchers.