Abstract
Science and technology have become essential components of healthcare. The emergence of Artificial intelligence (AI), Blockhain, mobile techs, Internet of Things (IoT) and Semantic Web Technologies (SWTs) etcetera have amplified the growing influence of technology in global health systems. IoT and SWTs in particular are seen as the next-generation technologies that can revolutionize global health systems. Thus, this paper examines the various potentials of IoT and SWTs in the health sector, with a view to creating more awareness regarding its prospects and associated risks, and also to assist stakeholders to maximize its possibilities to enrich healthcare delivery. We deduced that both IoT and SWTs harbour promising features that are now being deployed in the health sector to enhance quality service delivery, medical research and innovations, smart health, telemedicine, communications, patient care and effective health outcomes just to mention but a few. We conclude that the adoption and implementation of IoT-based devices and SWTs will be significant in sustainability and improvement of healthcare systems in the future. However, privacy and medical data security remains a major source of concern to many stakeholders.
Highlights
The internet revolution has brought about tremendous changes to every aspect of human lives, the health sector
The objective of this paper is to examine the potentials of Internet of Things (IoT) and Semantic Web technologies in transforming services and outcomes in the health sector
Wearable IoT technology devices like smart watches and real-time position systems such as Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) bracelets were very useful in personalized health services, contact tracing and monitoring of patients under different conditions as seen in figure1
Summary
The internet revolution has brought about tremendous changes to every aspect of human lives, the health sector. Some of the important services offered by IoT in healthcare include: telemedicine, contact tracing, robotic sanitisation, diagnosis emergency alert, data privacy and storage Both Non-wearable IoT devices as ingestible sensors and wearable IoT devices like smart watches can provide necessary information about the patient’s heart rate, blood sugar level, blood oxygen level, and so on thereby minimizing human interference or assistance. Wearable IoT technology devices like smart watches and real-time position systems such as Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) bracelets were very useful in personalized health services, contact tracing and monitoring of patients under different conditions as seen in figure. The application of IoT in healthcare helps to bring about excellent support systems for physicians and patients especially during emergencies and provision of real-time medical information (Mohd and Ibrahim, 2021). IoT technologies can potentially enhance healthcare delivery by connecting patients to health workers, and enabling the collection and analysis of data that can improve patient care. IoT portables assist people to better understand their own health and allow physicians to remotely monitor patients (Shariq et al, 2021)
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