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. 2020 Aug 19;162:31–50. doi: 10.1016/j.comcom.2020.08.011

Table 7.

General cost analysis of the IoHT system.

Component Low Cost Medium Cost High Cost
Cloud Service Google Cloud: 12 * 15$ = 180$ (average of 15$ per month) Azure: 12 * 20$ = 240$ (average of 20$ per month) Amazon Web Services (AWS): 12 * 30$ = 360$ (average of 30$ per month)

Beacons Qualcomm: 10 * 5$ = 50$ (accepting as 10 beacons are enough) FEASYCOM: 10 * 10$ = 100$ (accepting as 10 beacons are enough) iBeacon: 10 * 20$ = 200$ (accepting as 10 beacons are enough)

Central System 1150$ (Intel Xeon E-2124 4 core-CPU with 4.5 GHz and, 8 GB RAM, Nvidia Quadro P400, 1 TB hard drive) 1250$ (Intel Xeon 18 core-CPU with 3.6 GHz and, 16 GB RAM, 1 TB hard drive) 1520$ [Intel Xeon E-2224G 4 core-CPU with 3.5 GHz (4.70 GHz Turbo) and, 16 GB RAM, 1 TB hard drive]

Software Development Average of 100$ Average of 100$ Average of 100$

Digital Statoscope Plusmed Plus-vesd: Average of 150$ DigiScope®: Average of 210$ DigiScope®: Average of 210$

Total 1630$ 1900$ 2390$

Considering a total of 5 doctors in the same medical environment, with 1-year use