1The Role of Emerging Technologies in Smart Healthcare
Masooma Zehra Syeda1, Dur‐e‐hassan Syeda2, and Himanshi Babbar3
1 Division of Nano & Information Technology, Center for Imaging Media Research, KIST(Korea Institute of Science and Technology), Seoul, Republic of Korea
2 Department of Software Engineering, Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, Jamshoro, Sindh, Pakistan
3 Chitkara University Institute of Engineering and Technology, Chitkara University, Punjab, India
1.1 Introduction
Environmental pollution is an important factor that affects the health of every age group. Health improvement is an urgent need to improve quality of life. Owing to the advancements in computation and communication technologies, the healthcare sector has benefited handsomely from the available tools and applications [1]. Healthcare‐related actors (doctors, facilitators, practitioners, researchers, and strategic planners) are striving to address the challenges faced by the current healthcare system by continuously struggling with the healthcare system performance. Till date, a plethora of smart tools pertaining to electronic healthcare are used. It is important to note that the healthcare enhancements enable a positive change to become smart healthcare. Sufficient access to healthcare is related to an increment in life expectancy of about 2.0–2.5 years in men and women at age of 65 as reported in China [2]. Many of the research directions at the emergence of data analytics, wireless ...
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