An empirical investigation into the altering health perspectives in the internet of health things

Nour Mahmoud Bahbouh; Sandra Sendra Compte; Juan Valenzuela Valdes; Adnan Ahmed Abi Sen

doi:10.1007/s41870-022-01035-3

An empirical investigation into the altering health perspectives in the internet of health things

Int J Inf Technol. 2023;15(1):67-77. doi: 10.1007/s41870-022-01035-3. Epub 2022 Jul 18.

Authors

Nour Mahmoud Bahbouh¹, Sandra Sendra Compte², Juan Valenzuela Valdes³, Adnan Ahmed Abi Sen⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Information and Communication Sciences, Granada University, Granada, Spain.
² Department of Communications, Politecnica UPV, Valencia, Spain.
³ Department of Signal Theory, Telematics and Communications, Granada University, Granada, Spain.
⁴ Faculty of Computer and Information Systems, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Abstract

Healthcare is on top of the agenda of all governments in the world as it is related to the well-being of the people. Naturally, this domain has attracted the attention of many researchers globally, who have studied the development of its different phases, including E-Health and the Internet of Health Things (IoHT). In this paper, the difference between the recent concepts of healthcare (E-health, M-Health, S-Health, I-Health, U-Health, and IoHT/IoMT) is analyzed based on the main services, applications, and technologies in each concept. The paper has also studied the latest developments in IoHT, which are linked to existing phases of development. A classification of groups of services and constituents of IoHT, linked to the latest technologies, is also provided. In addition, challenges, and future scope of research in this domain concerning the wellbeing of the people in the face of ongoing COVID-19 and future pandemics are explored.

Keywords: Covid-19; E-Health; I-Health; IoHT; IoT; M-Health; S-Health; U-Health.