IoT Healthcare Monitoring Systems Overview for Elderly Population
Khelil Guizani, Sghaier Guizani
Abstract
The aging population and the growing requirement of healthcare services in clinics encourage the arrival of remote elderly patient monitoring. Development in the physiologic sensory systems and the advancement of stable wireless network low energy mechanics have allowed remote health monitoring systems to be developed. Smart homes, which have wearable sensors and medical actuators, as well as up-to-date communication and information technology, have the ability to monitor remotely the elderly health and well-being in a simple fashion with low cost. Therefore, the elderly will stay in their comfortable homes rather than going to hospitals where sometimes they face expensive and limited facilities. In a real-time, medical staff can also keep track of the overall health conditions of the elderly people and provide proper feedback and support at a distance. In this paper, we introduce a summary of elderly people monitoring applications using IoT frameworks. In addition, the paper discusses the patient data security and integrity.