1. INTRODUCTION
Healthcare sector is a major considerate area worldwide. The government of all over the world spends a huge amount of GDP in the healthcare sector for public health and welfare. The main aim of IoT in the healthcare sector is to enhance the quality of people life and that too in an economical way. At the same time, it should provide equity and ease of access. The revolution in the mode of information and communication technologies (ICTs), has a great impact in addressing global health problems. Such modes include computers, the internet, smartphones that transform the way communication between individuals, pursue and exchange of information and enrich their lives (WHO, 2009). With the intervention of advancing technology, it …show more content…
The World Health Organization has accepted the following wide depiction of telemedicine and explained it as: “The delivery of healthcare services, where distance is a critical factor, by all health care professionals using information and communication technologies for the exchange of valid information for diagnosis, treatment and prevention of disease and injuries, research and evaluation, and for the continuing education of health care providers, all in the interests of advancing the health of individuals and their communities”(World Health Organization, 1998). It can be explained as an approach of delivering distant healthcare with the help of telecommunication and information technology. It is a real-time, two-way communication between patient and clinician at a distant site. The communication takes place by means of advanced telecommunication devices like smartphones or real-time video conferencing. Healthcare practitioners evaluate, diagnose and treat patients by sharing medical data with peers and specialist from worldwide. This increases the reach of the clinician to remote areas. This proves as a boon for the communities that are deprived of health care benefits due to the geographical barrier (Med, 2016). Other than this, it is also mean to modernize the healthcare itself by the involvement of the user in the management. Also, offers a new insight to develop a healthy standard of living (The American Telemedicine Association,
Healthcare sector is a major considerate area worldwide. The government of all over the world spends a huge amount of GDP in the healthcare sector for public health and welfare. The main aim of IoT in the healthcare sector is to enhance the quality of people life and that too in an economical way. At the same time, it should provide equity and ease of access. The revolution in the mode of information and communication technologies (ICTs), has a great impact in addressing global health problems. Such modes include computers, the internet, smartphones that transform the way communication between individuals, pursue and exchange of information and enrich their lives (WHO, 2009). With the intervention of advancing technology, it …show more content…
The World Health Organization has accepted the following wide depiction of telemedicine and explained it as: “The delivery of healthcare services, where distance is a critical factor, by all health care professionals using information and communication technologies for the exchange of valid information for diagnosis, treatment and prevention of disease and injuries, research and evaluation, and for the continuing education of health care providers, all in the interests of advancing the health of individuals and their communities”(World Health Organization, 1998). It can be explained as an approach of delivering distant healthcare with the help of telecommunication and information technology. It is a real-time, two-way communication between patient and clinician at a distant site. The communication takes place by means of advanced telecommunication devices like smartphones or real-time video conferencing. Healthcare practitioners evaluate, diagnose and treat patients by sharing medical data with peers and specialist from worldwide. This increases the reach of the clinician to remote areas. This proves as a boon for the communities that are deprived of health care benefits due to the geographical barrier (Med, 2016). Other than this, it is also mean to modernize the healthcare itself by the involvement of the user in the management. Also, offers a new insight to develop a healthy standard of living (The American Telemedicine Association,