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IoT Contextual Factors on Healthcare

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GeNeDis 2016

Part of the book series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology ((AEMB,volume 989))

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With the emergence of the Internet of Things, new services in healthcare will be available and existing systems will be integrated in the IoT framework, providing automated medical supervision and efficient medical treatment. Context awareness plays a critical role in realizing the vision of the IoT, providing rich contextual information that can help the system act more efficiently. Since context in healthcare has its unique characteristics, it is necessary to define an appropriate context aware framework for healthcare IoT applications. We identify this context as perceived in healthcare applications and describe the context aware procedures. We also present an architecture that connects the sensors that measure biometric data with the sensory networks of the environment and the various IoT middleware that reside in the geographical area. Finally, we discuss the challenges for the realization of this vision.

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  1. Department of Cultural Technology and Communication, Aegean University, University Hill, Mytilene, Greece

    Konstantinos Michalakis & George Caridakis

  2. Intelligent Systems, Content and Interaction Laboratory, National Technical University of Athens, Athens, Greece

    George Caridakis

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    Panayiotis Vlamos

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Michalakis, K., Caridakis, G. (2017). IoT Contextual Factors on Healthcare. In: Vlamos, P. (eds) GeNeDis 2016 . Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 989. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57348-9_16

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