Smart Healthcare: A Review of Architectures

The rapid evolution of IoT has touched many domains, healthcare is a prominent one. Modern healthcare systems influenced by the rapid developments in the IoT field are being redesigned with a promise of improved technological, economic and social prospects. The small tiny networked sensors’ on the body or embedded in our surroundings enables capturing rich information indicating physical and mental health of the individual. This opens up numerous challenges with respect to capturing this information, analysis and importantly diagnosing the cause and ensuring right treatment at the right time for the patient. State-of-the-art platforms that cater to end to end patient monitoring and management and minimizing the security risk and privacy concerns are the need of the hour.