Hacker Noon September 28, 2021
Sidra Zafar

Healthcare IoT uses on-body sensors in the form of implantable devices, adhesive patches, and wearables to collect vital signs in the human body. These sensors are connected to smartphone apps through communication technologies like RFID, Bluetooth, Zigbee, or WiFi.

Smartphones work as relay devices that send sensory data to remote healthcare providers. The healthcare providers can then prescribe medications according to the physiological parameters, which are sent to the smartphone app of the patient.

H-IoT is all set to revolutionize the life of patients by reducing visits to hospitals, eliminating invasive procedures of drawing blood for tests, and waiting for results. H-IoT will also reduce the need for personalized medical staff by providing online tools to monitor the patients virtually.

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