Improving access to healthcare in rural communities - IoT as part of the solution
Improving access to healthcare in rural communities - IoT as part of the solution
- Author(s): I.K. Poyner and R.S. Sherratt
- DOI: 10.1049/cp.2019.0104
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- Author(s): I.K. Poyner and R.S. Sherratt Source: 3rd IET International Conference on Technologies for Active and Assisted Living (TechAAL 2019), 2019 page (6 pp.)
- Conference: 3rd IET International Conference on Technologies for Active and Assisted Living (TechAAL 2019)
- DOI: 10.1049/cp.2019.0104
- ISBN: 978-1-83953-088-3
- Location: London, UK
- Conference date: 25 March 2019
- Format: PDF
AAL has benefitted tremendously from the near-ubiquity of powerful smartphones and very high data rates available over broadband and mobile networks. However, this is beyond the reach of many users. IoT systems offer the potential to extend some of the benefits to disadvantaged users. Such solutions will need to secure personal health information and provide a sufficient quality of service even when operating constrained user devices and communications.
Inspec keywords: medical information systems; Internet of Things; smart phones; mobile computing; health care; data privacy
Subjects: Computer communications; Mobile, ubiquitous and pervasive computing; Mobile radio systems; Medical administration; Information networks; Data security
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