The healthcare data are of utmost importance which need to be maintained safely. The health records of the patients are very confidential and need periodical updates. The data are to be stored in an efficient and secure manner such that it ensures the privacy of the data. Thus the WSNs play a vital role in the medical field in increasing the services for maintaining healthcare. The application of the emerging technology such as blockchain enables drastic improvement in security services thereby enabling efficient healthcare services for effective treatment.

Chapter Contents:

• 9.1 Introduction
• 9.1.1 Emergence of WMSNs
• 9.1.2 Wireless medical sensor devices: current trends and future directions
• 9.1.3 Growing aspect of WMSNs in healthcare applications
• 9.2 Related work
• 9.2.1 Privacy and security requirements: essential factor for use of WMSNs
• 9.2.2 Major security challenges and threats
• 9.2.2.1 Security issues/challenges
• 9.2.2.2 Security threats
• 9.2.3 Solutions to breach in security
• 9.3 Proposed work
• 9.4 Conclusion
• References

Inspec keywords: medical computing; telecommunication security; biomedical communication; wireless sensor networks; health care; data privacy; cryptography

Other keywords: health records; blockchain; security services; medical field; healthcare services; WSN; security issues; wireless medical sensor networks; healthcare data

Subjects: Wireless sensor networks; Biomedical communication; Cryptography; Data security; Biology and medical computing