Recent Patient Health Monitoring Platforms Incorporating Internet of Things-Enabled Smart Devices

• DOI: 10.5213/inj.1836144.072
• Publication Date: 2018-07-30T21:21:23Z
• Authors: Minhee Kang; Eunkyoung Park; Baek Hwan Cho; Kyu-Sung Lee
• Keywords: 03 medical and health sciences; 0302 clinical medicine; Corrigendum: Correction of Grant Number; Wearable device; Healthcare; 0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering; Self-monitoring; RC870-923; Review Article; 02 engineering and technology; Diseases of the genitourinary system. Urology; 3. Good health

Synergistic integration of the Internet of Things (IoT), cloud computing, and big data technologies in healthcare have led to the notion of "smart health." Smart health is an emerging concept that refers to the provision of healthcare services for prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up management at any time or any place by connecting information technologies and healthcare. As a significant breakthrough in smart healthcare development, IoT-enabled smart devices allow medical centers to carry out preventive care, diagnosis, and treatment more competently. This review focuses on recently developed patient health monitoring platforms based on IoT-enabled smart devices that can collect real-time patient data and transfer information for assessment by healthcare providers, including doctors, hospitals, and clinics, or for self-management. We aimed to summarize the available information about recently approved devices and state-of-the-art developments through a comprehensive, systematic literature review. In this review, we also discuss possible future directions for the integration of cloud computing and blockchain, which may offer unprecedented breakthroughs in on-demand medical services. The combination of IoT with real-time, remote patient monitoring empowers patients to assert more control over their care, thereby allowing them to actively monitor their particular health conditions.