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Smart Wearable Devices for Remote Patient Monitoring in Healthcare 4.0

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Internet of Medical Things

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Smart wearable health-monitoring devices can help patients to avoid unnecessary hospital visits, thereby saving time and better utilizing medical resources. This chapter discusses remote patient monitoring (RPM) using a vital component of the Internet of Medical Things (IoMT), an integrated and complete health care framework that allows individuals to send their health statistics from anywhere and transmit them to caregivers. Medical professionals/caretakers can assess individuals in need of medical assistance and suggest remedial measures on demand, in case of emergency. Health variables such as heart rate, body temperature, pulse rate, and blood pressure can be observed in the smart wearables. These wearables are connected to a monitoring system, which sends the information stored in a server connected through the internet. The necessary details can be visualized and administered on any remote device, such as a laptop computer or smartphone connected to the server/internet. This RPM system allows the end-users to keep track of health-related risks effectively; it also decreases the cost of collecting/capturing health information continuously. The system can reduce the need for an affected person to travel to a health professional every time he or she needs to check any vital health statistics, thereby improving the health system’s overall efficiency in terms of time, money, and other benefits.

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Hariharan, U., Rajkumar, K., Akilan, T., Jeyavel, J. (2021). Smart Wearable Devices for Remote Patient Monitoring in Healthcare 4.0. In: Hemanth, D.J., Anitha, J., Tsihrintzis, G.A. (eds) Internet of Medical Things. Internet of Things. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-63937-2_7

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