Internet of Things (IoT) enabled healthcare helps to take the challenges of COVID-19 Pandemic

Background/objectives: The Internet of Things (IoT) can create disruptive innovation in healthcare. Thus, during COVID-19 Pandemic, there is a need to study different applications of IoT enabled healthcare. For this, a brief study is required for research directions. Methods: Research papers on IoT...

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Main Authors: Mohd Javaid, Ibrahim Haleem Khan
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Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-04-01
Series:Journal of Oral Biology and Craniofacial Research
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description Background/objectives: The Internet of Things (IoT) can create disruptive innovation in healthcare. Thus, during COVID-19 Pandemic, there is a need to study different applications of IoT enabled healthcare. For this, a brief study is required for research directions. Methods: Research papers on IoT in healthcare and COVID-19 Pandemic are studied to identify this technology’s capabilities. This literature-based study may guide professionals in envisaging solutions to related problems and fighting against the COVID-19 type pandemic. Results: Briefly studied the significant achievements of IoT with the help of a process chart. Then identifies seven major technologies of IoT that seem helpful for healthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic. Finally, the study identifies sixteen basic IoT applications for the medical field during the COVID-19 Pandemic with a brief description of them. Conclusions: In the current scenario, advanced information technologies have opened a new door to innovation in our daily lives. Out of these information technologies, the Internet of Things is an emerging technology that provides enhancement and better solutions in the medical field, like proper medical record-keeping, sampling, integration of devices, and causes of diseases. IoT’s sensor-based technology provides an excellent capability to reduce the risk of surgery during complicated cases and helpful for COVID-19 type pandemic. In the medical field, IoT’s focus is to help perform the treatment of different COVID-19 cases precisely. It makes the surgeon job easier by minimising risks and increasing the overall performance. By using this technology, doctors can easily detect changes in critical parameters of the COVID-19 patient. This information-based service opens up new healthcare opportunities as it moves towards the best way of an information system to adapt world-class results as it enables improvement of treatment systems in the hospital. Medical students can now be better trained for disease detection and well guided for the future course of action. IoT’s proper usage can help correctly resolve different medical challenges like speed, price, and complexity. It can easily be customised to monitor calorific intake and treatment like asthma, diabetes, and arthritis of the COVID-19 patient. This digitally controlled health management system can improve the overall performance of healthcare during COVID-19 pandemic days.
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spelling doaj-art-26b7a4a816d04e4d8967af02729048b72024-11-23T06:28:38ZengElsevierJournal of Oral Biology and Craniofacial Research2212-42682021-04-01112209214Internet of Things (IoT) enabled healthcare helps to take the challenges of COVID-19 PandemicMohd Javaid0Ibrahim Haleem Khan1Department of Mechanical Engineering, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India; Corresponding author.School of Engineering Sciences and Technology, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, IndiaBackground/objectives: The Internet of Things (IoT) can create disruptive innovation in healthcare. Thus, during COVID-19 Pandemic, there is a need to study different applications of IoT enabled healthcare. For this, a brief study is required for research directions. Methods: Research papers on IoT in healthcare and COVID-19 Pandemic are studied to identify this technology’s capabilities. This literature-based study may guide professionals in envisaging solutions to related problems and fighting against the COVID-19 type pandemic. Results: Briefly studied the significant achievements of IoT with the help of a process chart. Then identifies seven major technologies of IoT that seem helpful for healthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic. Finally, the study identifies sixteen basic IoT applications for the medical field during the COVID-19 Pandemic with a brief description of them. Conclusions: In the current scenario, advanced information technologies have opened a new door to innovation in our daily lives. Out of these information technologies, the Internet of Things is an emerging technology that provides enhancement and better solutions in the medical field, like proper medical record-keeping, sampling, integration of devices, and causes of diseases. IoT’s sensor-based technology provides an excellent capability to reduce the risk of surgery during complicated cases and helpful for COVID-19 type pandemic. In the medical field, IoT’s focus is to help perform the treatment of different COVID-19 cases precisely. It makes the surgeon job easier by minimising risks and increasing the overall performance. By using this technology, doctors can easily detect changes in critical parameters of the COVID-19 patient. This information-based service opens up new healthcare opportunities as it moves towards the best way of an information system to adapt world-class results as it enables improvement of treatment systems in the hospital. Medical students can now be better trained for disease detection and well guided for the future course of action. IoT’s proper usage can help correctly resolve different medical challenges like speed, price, and complexity. It can easily be customised to monitor calorific intake and treatment like asthma, diabetes, and arthritis of the COVID-19 patient. This digitally controlled health management system can improve the overall performance of healthcare during COVID-19 pandemic days.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212426821000154Internet of things (IoT)COVID-19Information technology applicationsHealthcareSmart hospital
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Internet of Things (IoT) enabled healthcare helps to take the challenges of COVID-19 Pandemic
Journal of Oral Biology and Craniofacial Research
Internet of things (IoT)
COVID-19
Information technology applications
Healthcare
Smart hospital
title Internet of Things (IoT) enabled healthcare helps to take the challenges of COVID-19 Pandemic
title_full Internet of Things (IoT) enabled healthcare helps to take the challenges of COVID-19 Pandemic
title_fullStr Internet of Things (IoT) enabled healthcare helps to take the challenges of COVID-19 Pandemic
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title_short Internet of Things (IoT) enabled healthcare helps to take the challenges of COVID-19 Pandemic
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COVID-19
Information technology applications
Healthcare
Smart hospital
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