Hi Pradeep,

Combination of Internet of Things (IoT) & Cloud enable Internet-connected devices / electronic sensors to collect monitored data & transmit them securely into private or public cloud’s applications in which certain events / actions can be triggered for the betterment of healthcare industry.

Some use cases / possible projects include:

1) Collecting / Tracking Patient Vital Sign Info - data from ECG, temperature monitors, blood glucose levels etc. (benefits: reduce frequency / direct patient-physician interaction)

2) Smart Beds - detect how a patient attempts to get up & adjust the beds position / pressure to support the patient (benefits: reduce manual nurse interaction)

3) Medical Dispensers - detect medication consumption quantity / frequency at home for example & auto upload these data into the apps / database on the cloud (benefits: accurate medical information / condition to facilitate any alert if needed)

4) Logistic Support – Upon patient falling ill alone at home / in outstation for example, beside vital signs can be remotely monitored, family members / paramedic can be well informed by car / ambulance vehicle navigation system, which hospital has most free beds / well-equipped medical systems, clearest traffic route to get there and where you can park your vehicle etc.

5) Big Data Analytics – various IoT devices / sensors might generate very large size of various types of data (structured, unstructured, erroneous data etc.). Hence using big data analytics to filter, recommend, cluster, classify and frequent pattern matching etc. to process these big data can help extract useful insights / knowledge for doctors’ decision-making & prediction (benefits: better decision-making, prediction & learning)

6) Addressing Issues Surfacing from IoT-Cloud Technologies – since healthcare service is critical, require accurate information, timeliness and no margin of error, hence continuous IT projects to improve IoT-Cloud technologies are important which include: develop energy-efficient & reliable communication protocols, reduce  device downtime, single sign-on, efficient resource provisioning, efficient data mining techniques / big data analytics, SSL-based secured transmission, how to address patient’s information security & privacy etc.

For further details, you might want to do an Internet search or refer to the following links:

http://cache.freescale.com/files/corporate/doc/white_paper/IOTREVHEALCARWP.pdf

http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2661707

http://www.datawatch.com/literature/industrial-analytics-powered-by-the-internet-of-things/

Regards,

Fung

Thanks Han Ping Fung for providing the required information. I hope this will definitely help the students to design some innovative projects.

Regards