Internet of Things (IoT): A Revolutionary Approach towards Healthcare Surveillance

The development of, Internet of things (IOT) makes all objects interconnected and it has been recognized as the technical revolution. One of the application is in heath care to monitor the patient health status, internet of things makes medical equipments more efficient by allowing real time monitoring of patient health, in which acquire data of patient’s and reduce the human errors. In internet of things patient’s parameters get transmitted through medical devices via a gateway, where it is stored and analyzed. The significant challenges in the implementation of internet of things for healthcare applications are monitoring all patients from various places. Thus, internet of things in the medical field brings out the solutions for effective patient monitoring at reduced cost and also reduces the trade- off between patient outcome and disease management. The paper analyzes the different techniques used to monitor the patients.