Wireless Sensor Networks for Smart Healthcare

Abstract

Surging popularity of wireless sensor networks is being propelled by rapid advances in hardware/software technologies, smaller size of sensors, increased connectivity, ease of mobility, and societal needs. As a result, wireless sensor networks are becoming a part of almost all applications that are commonly in use leading to significant improvement in quality of life. Healthcare is no exception and wireless sensors networks are being innovatively deployed to make healthcare smart, cost-effective, and efficient. This paper discusses some of the applications of wireless sensor networks for smart healthcare. The paper also includes discussion future research related to applications of wireless sensor networks in healthcare and future research directions.