An Overview on the Internet of Things for Health Monitoring Systems
The aging population and the increasing healthcare cost in hospitals are spurring the advent of remote health monitoring systems. Advances in physiological sensing devices and the emergence of reliable low-power wireless network technologies have enabled
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ct. The aging population and the increasing healthcare cost in hospitals are spurring the advent of remote health monitoring systems. Advances in physiological sensing devices and the emergence of reliable low-power wireless network technologies have enabled the design of remote health monitoring systems. The next generation Internet, commonly referred to as Internet of Things (IoT), depicts a world populated by devices that are able to sense, process and react via the Internet. Thus, we envision health monitoring systems that support Internet connection and use this connectivity to enable better and more reliable services. This paper presents an overview on existing health monitoring systems, considering the IoT vision. We focus on recent trends and the development of health monitoring systems in terms of: (1) health parameters and frameworks, (2) wireless communication, and (3) security issues. We also identify the main limitations, requirements and advantages within these systems.
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According to the Eurostat population projection, by 2030 just in the European Union, the percentage of elderly people (65 years old and older) will increase with 6.1 %, compared to 2008, with the assumption that the growth will continue in the future [11]. At the same time, we are facing the problem of birth rates that are below the level needed for a sustained population. This results in a growing need for healthcare, and reduces the ability to financially support it. In 2008, four persons of working age were supporting one person aged 65 or older, while projection shows that by 2030 the number of working persons will decrease to 2.5. This calls for less expensive solutions in healthcare that will utilize the benefits of modern technology, providing distance monitoring of elderly, and avoiding hospitalization when it is possible. Technical advances in physiological sensing devices and wireless connectivity provided by the IoT can enable dramatic changes in the ways health monitoring and remote healthcare will be performed in the future. However, for such changes to take place, the enabling technologies must be employed with the well-being c ICST Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering 2016 B. Mandler et al. (Eds.) IoT 360◦ 2015, Part I, LNICST 169, pp. 429–436, 2016. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-47063-4 44
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Sensor unit BT, BP, PR, RR, WGT, AC, SO2, BG, HR, MC, ECG, EMG, EEG,
Coordinator Unit Hardware based Software based
User Interface Unit
Cloud/remote server unit Gateway unit
Smart mobile Tablet Android TV Computer
User id, session id Preference, integrity Confidentiality Authentication Security and safety
Storage unit Contextual information Health related information Medicine info measurements
Communication Communication between sensors and coordinator unit is conducted by IEEE 802.15.4, IEEE 802.15.6, UWB, Bluetooth or NFC. Communication between coordinator, remote server and user interface is conducted by HTTPS web service (e.g. SOAP/ RESTFul
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