The Internet of Things in Healthcare: Potential Applications and Challenges

IT Professional

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 2-4

  Laplante, Phillip A ^a   Laplante, Nancy ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WIDENER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cyber physical systems; Distributed systems; healthcare; Internet of Things

Indexed keywords

EMBEDDED SYSTEMS; HEALTH CARE; INTERNET;

CYBER PHYSICAL SYSTEMS (CPSS); DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS; INTERNET OF THINGS (IOT); NEW APPLICATIONS; SCARCE RESOURCES; WELL BEING;

INTERNET OF THINGS;

EID: 84974603425     PISSN: 15209202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MITP.2016.42     Document Type: Article

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