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Review
. 2017 Jan;23(1):4-15.
doi: 10.4258/hir.2017.23.1.4. Epub 2017 Jan 31.

Wearable Devices in Medical Internet of Things: Scientific Research and Commercially Available Devices

Mostafa Haghi  1 , Kerstin Thurow  1 , Regina Stoll  2
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Review

Wearable Devices in Medical Internet of Things: Scientific Research and Commercially Available Devices

Mostafa Haghi et al. Healthc Inform Res. 2017 Jan.

Abstract

Objectives: Wearable devices are currently at the heart of just about every discussion related to the Internet of Things. The requirement for self-health monitoring and preventive medicine is increasing due to the projected dramatic increase in the number of elderly people until 2020. Developed technologies are truly able to reduce the overall costs for prevention and monitoring. This is possible by constantly monitoring health indicators in various areas, and in particular, wearable devices are considered to carry this task out. These wearable devices and mobile apps now have been integrated with telemedicine and telehealth efficiently, to structure the medical Internet of Things. This paper reviews wearable health care devices both in scientific papers and commercial efforts.

Methods: MIoT is demonstrated through a defined architecture design, including hardware and software dealing with wearable devices, sensors, smart phones, medical application, and medical station analyzers for further diagnosis and data storage.

Results: Wearables, with the help of improved technology have been developed greatly and are considered reliable tools for long-term health monitoring systems. These are applied in the observation of a large variety of health monitoring indicators in the environment, vital signs, and fitness.

Conclusions: Wearable devices are now used for a wide range of healthcare observation. One of the most important elements essential in data collection is the sensor. During recent years with improvement in semiconductor technology, sensors have made investigation of a full range of parameters closer to realization.

Keywords: Delivery of Health Care; Information Storage and Retrieval; Internet; Mobile Applications; Smartphone; Telemedicine.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest: No potential conflict of interest relevant to this article was reported.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1. (A-D) Four popular motion tracker wearable devices. (E) Four popular motion tracker wearable devices wristworn.
Figure 2
Figure 2. Smart clothing in communication with outside world.
Figure 3
Figure 3. Washable smart clothing.
Figure 4
Figure 4. Arduino Uno board (an Arduino Wi-Fi Shield, e-Health Sensor Shield).
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