Smart Healthcare System Using Cloud-Integrated Internet of Medical Things

Introduction

In this age of exponential population growth, the conventional medical care system is not capable of providing medical services up to the requirements of its patients. It's possible that this is due to the tremendous rise in population seen all around the world, or that it's because people are using technology less. Even though we have qualified medical professionals, cutting-edge technology, and well-developed infrastructure, not everyone can take advantage of our medical facilities. The provision of healthcare services at prices that are affordable and the improvement of the accessibility of the healthcare system are both difficult tasks to accomplish. Some people are unable to afford it, while others are unable to approach it. In light of this, the concept of “smart healthcare” has emerged as a means of rendering the healthcare system accessible and available to all individuals at any given time. A forward-thinking healthcare system not only gives individuals access to medical care but also teaches them how to handle minor health problems on their own in an emergency and raises their awareness about how their bodies work. The term “smart healthcare system” refers to the intelligently collecting and managing the medical data and healthcare ecosystem. This is accomplished through the utilization of technology such as the Internet of Medical Things (IoMT), cloud computing, fog computing, containerization, Big Data, Artificial Intelligence, and Machine Learning as well as various wearable medical devices. The intelligent healthcare system enables the facility to link various medical devices to one another and to gain online access to various types of medical information, patient data, hospital details, and so on. A sophisticated healthcare system facilitates two-way contact between patients and their doctors, allowing for the remote exchange of information. By enabling report monitoring of patients and permitting remote control of medical ecosystems, smart healthcare systems bring down the overall cost of providing medical care, regardless of where in the world the patients are located.

Over the course of the past few decades, there has been a rising adoption of information and communication technology (ICT) in the field of healthcare, with the goal of making the healthcare system easily accessible to anyone and at any time. The application of ICT in healthcare raises the level of service provided, ensures the integrity of the electronic healthcare record, and reduces overall expenses. The electronic health record stores patient information, such as their medical history, which may include prescriptions, reports on their most recent diagnosis, previous and most recent lab test results, most recently recommended medicines, and any adverse effects that may have been caused in the recent past as a result of medication, among other things. When seeing a new doctor, it is not necessary for the patient to bring the old prescription with them. Using a computer or any other electronic device, a physician can access all of the information regarding a patient that is stored in the medical database online. As a result of the combination of many different technologies and their applications, such as the IoMT, Cloud computing, Edge computing, virtualization technology such as containerization, Big Data, AI, etc., the term “smart healthcare system” has emerged as an industry buzzword in recent years. In a smart healthcare service management system, multiple medical equipment connected to internet are outfitted with the capability to collect and manage medical data, perform remote patient monitoring, track patients' health status as well as their location, and monitor and control medical devices to act in accordance with the patients' needs. On the Internet of Medical Things, a number of different medical equipment and apps are connected to one another through the utilization of networking technology, and they consistently produce huge amounts of data. These data may be analyzed, managed, stored, and sent thanks to the IoMT, which makes it possible for the healthcare infrastructure to be connected.