A survey on COVID-19 impact in the healthcare domain: worldwide market implementation, applications, security and privacy issues, challenges and future prospects

Tanzeela Shakeel; Shaista Habib; Wadii Boulila; Anis Koubaa; Abdul Rehman Javed; Muhammad Rizwan; Thippa Reddy Gadekallu; Mahmood Sufiyan

doi:10.1007/s40747-022-00767-w

A survey on COVID-19 impact in the healthcare domain: worldwide market implementation, applications, security and privacy issues, challenges and future prospects

Complex Intell Systems. 2023;9(1):1027-1058. doi: 10.1007/s40747-022-00767-w. Epub 2022 May 31.

Authors

Tanzeela Shakeel¹, Shaista Habib¹, Wadii Boulila², Anis Koubaa², Abdul Rehman Javed³, Muhammad Rizwan⁴, Thippa Reddy Gadekallu⁵, Mahmood Sufiyan¹

Affiliations

¹ School of System and Technology, University of Management and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan.
² Robotics and Internet of Things Lab, Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, 12435 Saudi Arabia.
³ Department of Cyber Security, PAF Complex, E-9, Air University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
⁴ Department of Computer Science, Kinnaird College for Women, Lahore, Pakistan.
⁵ School of Information Technology and Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, India.

Abstract

Extensive research has been conducted on healthcare technology and service advancements during the last decade. The Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) has demonstrated the ability to connect various medical apparatus, sensors, and healthcare specialists to ensure the best medical treatment in a distant location. Patient safety has improved, healthcare prices have decreased dramatically, healthcare services have become more approachable, and the operational efficiency of the healthcare industry has increased. This research paper offers a recent review of current and future healthcare applications, security, market trends, and IoMT-based technology implementation. This research paper analyses the advancement of IoMT implementation in addressing various healthcare concerns from the perspectives of enabling technologies, healthcare applications, and services. The potential obstacles and issues of the IoMT system are also discussed. Finally, the survey includes a comprehensive overview of different disciplines of IoMT to empower future researchers who are eager to work on and make advances in the field to obtain a better understanding of the domain.

Keywords: Application of IoMT; COVID-19; Internet of medical things (IoMT); Internet of things (IoT); Market trends; Security of healthcare; State-of-the-art; Survey.