An internet of things-based smart homes and healthcare monitoring and management system: Review

Abstract

Abstract Since the term of a smart city was proposed, Internet of Things (IoT) has been considered as the infrastructure’s key in a smart city. Huge research consideration is an emphasis on remote wellbeing observing system dependent on IoT technology. IoT is the internetwork of physical objects or “things” that are embedded with software and sensors to collect and send data between them and central servers with minimum human intervention. This term can assist decline with constraining on medical clinic system and healthcare suppliers, decrease insurance costs, and improve healthcare. In the modern healthcare environment, IoT is being used in various medical areas like real-time monitoring, patient information management, medical emergency management and blood information management. Over these years a number of advanced applications based on IoT have been proposed for convenience of patients, doctors and caregivers in the healthcare sector. Therefore, the current study describes the applications of IoT technologies in medical and healthcare field. Moreover, the it highlights the huge potential of this process and future directions for further research.