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. 2021 Jan 30;11(2):209–214. doi: 10.1016/j.jobcr.2021.01.015

Table 1.

Different technologies of IoT for use in healthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic.

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No
Technologies Description References
1 Big data
  • Today Big data seems one the best technique to capture, store and analyse the data of the COVID-19 patient

  • In medical, data was stored traditionally in hard copy which acquires extra cost

  • Big data has an excellent capability to store data in digital form

  • Big data well maintain all patient data, billing system and the clinical record

  • Data is stored systematically which quickly provides the best solution to health care

24, 25, 26, 27
2 Cloud computing
  • By using computer system resources, it stores on-demand data storage and describes data with the help of the Internet

  • It quickly shares COVID-19 patient information in urgent cases

  • Share proprietary data resources which help doctors and surgeon to do their job efficiently and effectively

  • It increases data quality and with a reduced cost of data storage

28, 29, 30, 31
3 Smart sensors
  • In medical, smart sensor has an excellent capability to communicate digital network and produce an accurate and reliable result

  • It monitors and controls all parameter regarding patient health

  • Easily monitor blood pressure, temperature, oxygen concentrator, sugar level, infusion and fluid management system of the COVID-19 patient

  • Helpful to obtain information on health status, defective bone, and surrounding biological tissue

32, 33, 34
4 Software
  • There are customised software available for the medical field which improves patient care, store patient data, given treatment, associated tests, and diagnosis

  • Helps to improve communication between patient and doctors

  • Store medical history of the COVID-19 patient, confidential detail and disease of patient is easily identified and managed by software

35, 36, 37
5 Artificial intelligence
  • Artificial intelligence helps to perform, evaluate, validate, predict and analyse the data in a predefined environment

  • Provide excellent capabilities to predict and control infections of the virus

  • With the help of this technology, doctors and surgeon achieve improved efficiency, accuracy, and effectiveness

  • It measures the pain of the COVID-19 patient with changes in medication

38, 39, 40
6 Actuators
  • An actuator is a mechanism which introduces the motion and controls the system to act upon in a given environment

  • The main applications of the medical actuators are to maintain accuracy and control required parameters

  • Helps to design a hospital bed that can raise or lower its height as per the COVID-19 patients need

41,42
7 Virtual Reality/Augmented Reality
  • The better way to integrate human with electronics systems to provide real-time information

  • Virtual reality helps to improve the quality of planning, patient safety, and efficiency of COVID-19 patient treatment

  • Provide needful information to COVID-19 patient and doctors to improve surgical planning quality

  • Augmented reality also provides digital information of life in digital imagery/sound form

43, 44, 45