The Internet of Medical Things: Opportunities, Benefits, Challenges and Concerns

Omid Pournik; Leila Ghalichi; Parisis Gallos; Theodoros N. Arvanitis

doi:10.3233/SHTI230809

The Internet of Medical Things: Opportunities, Benefits, Challenges and Concerns

Omid Pournik, Leila Ghalichi, Parisis Gallos, Theodoros N. Arvanitis

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Abstract

In this narrative review, we investigate the potential opportunities and benefits, as well as the challenges and concerns of integrating the Internet of Things in healthcare. The opportunities include enhanced patient monitoring and management, improved efficiency and resource utilization, personalized and precision medicine, empowering patients and promoting self-management, and data-driven decision-making, while the challenges include security and privacy risks, interoperability and integration, regulatory and compliance issues, ethical considerations and impact on healthcare professionals and patients. These challenges must be carefully weighed against the benefits before deployment of the IoMT-enabled services.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Telehealth Ecosystems in Practice
Editors	Mauro Giacomini, Lăcrămioara Stoicu-Tivadar, Gabriella Balestra, Arriel Benis, Stefano Bonacina, Alessio Bottrighi, Thomas M. Deserno, Parisis Gallos, Lenka Lhotska, Sara Marceglia, Alejandro C. Pazos Sierra, Samanta Rosati, Lucia Sacchi
Publisher	IOS Press
Pages	312-316
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Electronic)	9781643684512
ISBN (Print)	9781643684505
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3233/SHTI230809
Publication status	Published - 20 Oct 2023

Publication series

Name	Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
Publisher	IOSS Press
Volume	309
ISSN (Print)	0926-9630
ISSN (Electronic)	1879-8365

Bibliographical note

Acknowledgements:
This work is co-funded by the HORIZON.2.1 - Health Programme of the European Commission, Grant Agreement number: 101095448 - Advanced Security-for-safety Assurance for Medical Device IoT (MEDSECURANCE).

Keywords

Ethical Considerations
Healthcare
Integration
Internet of Medical Things
Interoperability
Regulation
Security

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Biomedical Engineering
Health Informatics
Health Information Management

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Pournik, O., Ghalichi, L., Gallos, P., & Arvanitis, T. N. (2023). The Internet of Medical Things: Opportunities, Benefits, Challenges and Concerns. In M. Giacomini, L. Stoicu-Tivadar, G. Balestra, A. Benis, S. Bonacina, A. Bottrighi, T. M. Deserno, P. Gallos, L. Lhotska, S. Marceglia, A. C. Pazos Sierra, S. Rosati, & L. Sacchi (Eds.), Telehealth Ecosystems in Practice (pp. 312-316). (Studies in Health Technology and Informatics; Vol. 309). IOS Press. https://doi.org/10.3233/SHTI230809

Pournik, Omid ; Ghalichi, Leila ; Gallos, Parisis et al. / The Internet of Medical Things : Opportunities, Benefits, Challenges and Concerns. Telehealth Ecosystems in Practice. editor / Mauro Giacomini ; Lăcrămioara Stoicu-Tivadar ; Gabriella Balestra ; Arriel Benis ; Stefano Bonacina ; Alessio Bottrighi ; Thomas M. Deserno ; Parisis Gallos ; Lenka Lhotska ; Sara Marceglia ; Alejandro C. Pazos Sierra ; Samanta Rosati ; Lucia Sacchi. IOS Press, 2023. pp. 312-316 (Studies in Health Technology and Informatics).

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Telehealth Ecosystems in Practice. ed. / Mauro Giacomini; Lăcrămioara Stoicu-Tivadar; Gabriella Balestra; Arriel Benis; Stefano Bonacina; Alessio Bottrighi; Thomas M. Deserno; Parisis Gallos; Lenka Lhotska; Sara Marceglia; Alejandro C. Pazos Sierra; Samanta Rosati; Lucia Sacchi. IOS Press, 2023. p. 312-316 (Studies in Health Technology and Informatics; Vol. 309).

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Pournik O , Ghalichi L, Gallos P, Arvanitis TN. The Internet of Medical Things: Opportunities, Benefits, Challenges and Concerns. In Giacomini M, Stoicu-Tivadar L, Balestra G, Benis A, Bonacina S, Bottrighi A, Deserno TM, Gallos P, Lhotska L, Marceglia S, Pazos Sierra AC, Rosati S, Sacchi L, editors, Telehealth Ecosystems in Practice. IOS Press. 2023. p. 312-316. (Studies in Health Technology and Informatics). doi: 10.3233/SHTI230809

The Internet of Medical Things: Opportunities, Benefits, Challenges and Concerns

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