Open AccessImpact of Internet of Things in the Healthcare Industry
Author(s) -
Rajphriyadharshini Rajmohan,
Prof. Dato’ Dr. Md Gapar Md Johar
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of recent technology and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2277-3878
DOI - 10.35940/ijrte.a2261.059120
Subject(s) - internet of things , health care , business , healthcare industry , internet privacy , the internet , process (computing) , work (physics) , marketing , public relations , computer science , engineering , world wide web , political science , economic growth , economics , mechanical engineering , operating system
The internet of things concept had infiltrated nearly every field of our life, however, its cutting edge impact in the healthcare industry has been momentous. With tremendous penetration of Mobile health, the functionality of IoT in the healthcare industry had drastically increased. In the research, a systemic literature review was conducted to study the impact of IoT applications in the healthcare industry by analyzing the current and future research work in the field, more focusing on security and privacy in health IoT devices and how it affects different levels of health care employees and consumers’ adoption towards IoT in the health care industry. The study reports research papers, which were included, based on the further filtering process by title, contents, and abstract. A total of 232 primary up-to-date studies were included in the review study. These papers were analyzed according to the research questions defined in the study.