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Qualitative Evaluation of IoT-Driven eHealth: KM, Business Models, Deployment and Evolution

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  • Izabella V. Lokshina

    (SUNY at Oneonta, Oneonta, USA)

  • Cees J.M. Lanting

    (DATSA Belgium, Consulting, Leuven, Belgium)

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This article explains that eHealth has major potential, and its adoption may be considered necessary to achieve increased ambulant and remote medical care, increased quality, reduced personnel needs, and reduced costs potential in healthcare. In this paper, the authors try to give a reasonable, qualitative evaluation of IoT-driven eHealth from theoretical and practical viewpoints. They look at associated knowledge management issues and contributions of IoT to eHealth, along with requirements, benefits, limitations and entry barriers. Important attention is given to security and privacy issues. Finally, the conditions for business plans and accompanying value chains are realistically analyzed. The resulting implementation issues and required commitments are also discussed. The authors confirm that IoT-driven eHealth can happen and will happen; however, much more needs to be addressed to bring it back in sync with medical and general technological developments in an industrial state-of-the-art perspective and to recognize and get timely the benefits.

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  • Izabella V. Lokshina & Cees J.M. Lanting, 2018. "Qualitative Evaluation of IoT-Driven eHealth: KM, Business Models, Deployment and Evolution," International Journal of Interdisciplinary Telecommunications and Networking (IJITN), IGI Global, vol. 10(4), pages 26-45, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:igg:jitn00:v:10:y:2018:i:4:p:26-45
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    1. Brantnell, Anders & Wagrell, Sofia, 2024. "Implementation of medical technology in management and engineering studies: A systematic literature review and future research agenda," Technology in Society, Elsevier, vol. 77(C).

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