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RESEARCH ARTICLE
Internet of things in health management systems: A review
Jinbo Huang
1
| Xianjun Wu
2
| Wendong Huang
1
| Xiaoli Wu
3
| S. Wang
4
1
Scientific Research Center, The People's
Hospital of Maoming City, Guangdong,
China
2
School of Computer, Guangdong
University of Petrochemical Technology,
Maoming, Guangdong, China
3
Department of Burn, The People's
Hospital of Maoming City, Guangdong,
China
4
Guangzhou University of Technology,
Guangzhou, China
Correspondence
Xiaoli Wu, Department of Burn, The
People's Hospital of Maoming City,
Guangdong 525000, China.
Email: ijamies@21cn.com;
xianjun.wu.12@gmail.com
Funding information
Science and Technology Planning Project
of Maoming City Guangdong Province,
China, Grant/Award Numbers: 2019437,
180321121704754
Summary
In today's health care context, the application of the Internet of Things (IoT)
offers suitability for doctors and patients as we can use them in many medical
fields. So, we have emphasized the particular use of the IoT in medicine and
health care, such as clinical devices management, medication management,
clinical data management, distant medicine, mobile medical care, and individ-
ual health management. We have done an organized review to enhance health
management systems via many up-to-date IoT-oriented health care applica-
tions. The article approbates with the methodological necessities of systematic
literature reviews. We have identified several issues caused by the quick accep-
tance of IoT-oriented systems' health management. IoT necessitates new safety
infrastructure, according to the novel practical principles. Outcomes illustrate
that health experts can assist in supplying necessities, information, or stan-
dards to improve IoT devices or systems. Also, they are able to present novel
fields or applications for which IoT is fit. This survey aids the hospitals and
relevant institutions to recognize IoT needs. Also, the article will serve as an
initial location for future IoT security management and design. Policymakers
and opinion formers need to understand the IoT and its implications.
KEYWORDS
health management systems, Internet of Things, systematic literature reviews
1|INTRODUCTION
Health is an essential competency that individuals need to understand, sense, and perform efficiently. It indicates a key
component in the growth of the person and also his/her context.
1–3
Besides, the custom-made health competency is
restricted to the existing data of the patient (typically active and imperfect).
4,5
We should offer enough methods and means
to certify the suitable health care distribution, according to the factors checking and directly delivering the medical aid.
1,6
So, it is showing a basic problem for knowledge extracting, examination, and trending. The existing issues need a thought-
ful restructuring of the universal health care mechanism. In traditional methods, the adaptability and control of patient's
reports, documentation, and examinations, or medicine cure produced by doctors have been controlled autonomously.
7,8
Figure 1 depicts the conventional medical system of ill record. As Figure 1 illustrates, the whole of the entities is acting
autonomously.
9
We need a better tool for handling the increasing world population and life expectancy. In doing so, a
potential method is a laterally dispersed platform like the Internet of Things (IoT).
10,11
Thus, among the array of usages
empowered by IoT, health care systems are chiefly crucial.
12,13
Therefore, in this article, we have examined the IoT and its
relationship to health management systems (HMS). These elements have been analyzed below.
Jinbo Huang and Xianjun Wu are cofirst authors.
Received: 25 March 2020 Revised: 1 October 2020 Accepted: 17 October 2020
DOI: 10.1002/dac.4683
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