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health care services by minimizing medical errors, lowering contains details on the correct dosage, allergy precautions,
costs, and enhancing efficiency. and any potential side effects.
• Smart Emergency System: Collaboration and III. HIOT APPLICATIONS
information sharing among the different healthcare
subsystems are at the heart of the smart emergency In the field of medical device management. Its cutting-
application. It's an important part of all of the previously edge technology enables seamless communication between
described healthcare subsystems. Obviously, this is because medical devices and caregivers, benefiting both patients and
medical emergencies necessitate the use of emergency doctors and nurses. Because it facilitates the transfer of the
various services, example is summoning ambulance. patient's condition prior to his arrival, and because it enables
However, the method smart emergency application's the communication process with these devices a seamless
functionality is not restricted to immediately summoning an and incredibly fast process of sending the patient's data in
ambulance. They also include advanced capabilities like real time [14]. Instead of waiting for the afflicted case to
automatically sending the patient's status, including any arrive at the hospital and then identifying it, doctors can
necessary treatment, to the hospital while in transit. This approve and transform the data that arrives through it into
method improves emergency response. practical steps, perhaps saving the lives of many people [15].
Rather than waiting for the afflicted patient to arrive at the
Fig. 1: The HIOT system hospital and then identifying it, doctors can authorize and
Additionally, hospitals. It enables more efficient patient translate the data that enters through it into actionable steps,
allocation and distribution within hospitals within a specific perhaps saving many lives [16].
geographical area. As a result, a spot for the transferred
patient is guaranteed. Additionally, they help to improve the The smart devices collect important data about the
efficiency of medical resources and services including X- condition of the patient around the clock or during the day,
rays and CAT scans. As a result, healthcare providers now then electronically distribute it to the doctor's computer,
have access to a hitherto unknown category of data thanks to having allowed him or her to take appropriate action in the
the capacity to acquire health information instantaneously case, such as operating or not operating, writing a prescribed
and remotely over the Internet. This information may include medication, and other indicators [17]. IoT technology assists
any elements affecting the patient's health symptomizes, health and medical organizations in lowering costs. It is
such as activities that represent daily regular. Acquiring automatically programmed and operated by decreasing the
some knowledge into a patient's life enables a more human aspect and artificial intelligence intervention in
personalized therapy strategy. By and large, existing everything. Remote patient monitoring is one of the IoT
monitoring from a remote programs lack the interoperability applications in the different specific of medicine, and it
that the Internet of Things enables. With the development of involves the continuous and comprehensive monitoring of
an Internet of Things-based system capable of patients via sensor equipment and cameras tools which
communicating successfully with other Internet of Things monitoring the patient's vital signs, blood type circulation,
devices such as sensors and actuators, Ambient Assisted sanity measurement, amount of temperature, and other
Living (AAL) will become a reality. Individuals will be able parameters. From these examples about the HIOT are:
to see how often they have taken their medications and when
they will need to take them again, for example. Patients will A. The Elderly's Health and Development
be able to obtain pharmacological information on the
medication they require quickly and in real time. This More emphasis should be focused on community-based
healthcare and development for the elderly in an aging
society [20]. The use of welfare technologies on the elderly
is increasing. The method by which product creation is
aligned with the the requirements of human progress is
critical [17]. Users and the old are significant supporters of
technical product development, there is even a link between
the advancement of technology for the elderly and its
development. Information technology has been integrated
into the long-term represent care systems of many countries.
They intend to give medical and care services to the elderly
in their homes while also lowering medical costs [18]
through initiatives such as the medically home. Medically
home collaborates with its clients' providers and also
employs physicians and nurse practitioners who oversee
patients' treatment from a central hub via remote monitoring,
video, and other telehealth tools.
They consult with attending physicians at Tufts Medical
Center to ensure that patients are appropriate candidates for
the program. Advanced practice clinicians, paramedics,
nurses, phlebotomists, technologists, and therapists, among
others, visit acutely ill patients in their homes to provide
