Home // eTELEMED 2015, The Seventh International Conference on eHealth, Telemedicine, and Social Medicine // View article
Authors:
Nawaf Alharbe
Anthony Atkins
Justin Champion
Keywords: Smart Patient tracking and monitoring; IoT; IoT6; IPv6 ;ZigBee; RFID; Cloud Computing
Abstract:
In a hospital healthcare monitoring system, it is necessary to constantly monitor object movements. Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) represent a significant technology for collecting important and varied information from users and their environment. In addition, the use of emerging wireless sensor technology has become a significant element in providing next-generation healthcare services in real-time. The emerging technologies ZigBee and Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) are used to collect the data in real-time. Smart objects are universally becoming Internet Protocol (IP)-enabled, e.g., in personal health devices and home automation, industrial automation, smart metering and environmental monitoring systems. The recommendation of IoT6 to exploit the potential of IPv6 connection standards will help overcome the current disadvantages and fragmentation of the Internet of Things. In particular, these features provide interoperability with Cloud Computing, mobility, and supply of information between heterogeneous smart object components, services and applications. The paper indicates that using RFID and ZigBee sensors can provide real-time tracking of objects (patients, staff and equipment) and monitor their movement throughout the hospital.
Pages: 52 to 58
Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2015
Publication date: February 22, 2015
Published in: conference
ISSN: 2308-4359
ISBN: 978-1-61208-384-1
Location: Lisbon, Portugal
Dates: from February 22, 2015 to February 27, 2015