Chapter 11

Applications of wearable technologies in healthcare: an analytical study

Hiren Kumar Thakkar1, Shamit Roy Chowdhury2, Akash Kumar Bhoi3 and Paolo Barsocchi4,    1Department of Computer Engineering, Marwadi University, Rajkot, Gujarat, India,    2School of Computer Engineering, KIIT Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India,    3KIET Group of Institutions, Delhi-NCR, Ghaziabad, India,    4Institute of Information Science and Technologies, National Research Council, Pisa, Italy

Abstract

Patients are promised care of high-quality provision by advances supported by advancing wearable technologies in healthcare. Wearables have greatly impacted one of the areas where the traditional healthcare systems are converting into active ...

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